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Kiel

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  1. 1
    The capital city of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

    "An international research team led by materials scientists from Kiel University (CAU) has now taken a major step toward practical applications."

  2. 2
    A city in Calumet County and Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kiel, named after Kiel Fjord of the Baltic Sea, from Old Norse kill (“gulf, bay”), from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to the verb *kīnaną (“to crack, split”). Doublet of kill (“creek”).

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