Rostock
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 An independent city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
- 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).