GdaNsk

Gdask  (g-dänsk, -dnsk, -dnsk) also Dan·zig (dnsg, däntsk)

A city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on the Gulf of Gdask, an inlet of the Baltic Sea. An old Slavic settlement, Gdask was a part of the Hanseatic League after the 13th century and was later ruled by Poland and Prussia before it was made a free city again by the Treaty of Versailles (1919). Hitler's demand that Gdask be returned to Germany led to his invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II (September 1939). The city was liberated by the Russians in 1945 and subsequently restored to Poland. It is a major port and shipbuilding center. Population: 462,000.

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Gdansk - a port city of northern Poland near the mouth of the Vistula River on a gulf of the Baltic Sea; a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century Danzig Hanseatic League - a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669 Poland, Polska, Republic of Poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II