Heligoland
[hel-i-goh-land] /ˈhɛl ɪ goʊˌlænd/
noun
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/ˈhɛlɪɡəʊˌlænd/
noun
1.
a small island in the North Sea, one of the North Frisian Islands, separated from the coast of NW Germany by the Heligoland Bight: administratively part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein: a large island in early medieval times, now eroded to an area of about 150 hectares (380 acres); ceded by Britain to Germany in 1890 in exchange for Zanzibar German name Helgoland
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