Schleswig

Borrowed from German Schleswig, from the Schlei, a narrow inlet of the Baltic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɛsvɪɡ/, /ˈʃlɛswɪɡ/

Schleswig

1. An area of southern Jutland, between the rivers Eider and Kongeå, divided between Denmark and Germany.
2. A town, the administrative seat of Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
3. A city in Crawford County, Iowa.
4. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

• Sleswick (archaic)
• Sleswig (dated)

• Schleswiger
• Schleswig-Flensburg
• Schleswig-Holstein

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From Danish Slesvig (literally “inlet of the Schlei”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃleːsvɪç/, /ˈʃleːsvɪk/

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• Hyphenation: Schles‧wig

Schleswig n (proper noun, genitive Schleswigs or (optionally with an article) Schleswig)

1. An area of southern Jutland, between the rivers Eider and Kongeå, divided between Denmark and Germany.
2. A town, the administrative seat of Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein
3. A city in Crawford County, Iowa
4. A town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin