Rostock

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An independent city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
  2. 2
    A rural district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Seat: Güstrow.

Etymology

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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