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Lubeck

lu·beck

US/ˈluˌbɛk/ uncommon

noun

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a city in northwestern Germany and an important Baltic port; a leading member of the Hanseatic League

Origin

* As a Dutch and North/Low German surname, from the city of Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein. * As a Slovak surname, from Ľubek, pet form of various names like Ľubomir formed from ľúbiť (“to love”). Similarly also from Polabian Liubice (“lovely”), cognate with Polish luby + -ica.

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