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Rostock

ros·tock

uncommon

noun

1.

a city in northeastern Germany near the Baltic sea; an important member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century

Origin

From German, from Middle Low German Rozstoc, from West Slavic (probably Polabian), from Proto-Slavic *orz-tokъ (“river fork”) (compare Czech roztok).

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