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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An island of northwest Germany in the Helgoland Bight, an inlet of the North Sea southwest of Jutland. The island belonged to Denmark and Great Britain before being ceded to Germany in 1890. It is a popular tourist resort.

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  • Germany calls Helgoland the "fortress impregnable," and the developments of the war seem to indicate that the description fits.

    Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Kelly Miller 1901

  • In October 1936 Lockley went to Helgoland to watch some autumn passage.

    A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

  • Lockley reports a trip to the cinema on Helgoland where he watched a Nazi newsreel with “goose stepping, and fierce speeches.”

    A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

  • Perhaps palm trees will be growing on the island of Helgoland in the North Sea soon, and German citizens will be saving billions in heating costs — which in turn would lead to a reduction in CO2 emissions.

    Could Global Warming Make Life on Earth Better? | Impact Lab 2007

  • Earlier research on what triggered migration urges in redstarts had been done at the bird observatory on Helgoland, the curious island British from 1807 until 1890, when it was exchanged with Germany for Zanzibar off the German coast in the North Sea.

    A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

  • DIANA MAGNA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: From the air, the remote islands in of Helgoland in Germany's North Sea don't appear the obvious spot for a population explosion.

    CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2008 2008

  • MAGNA: Helgoland seals are getting almost as much attention as Germany's polar bear cubs.

    CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2008 2008

  • DIANA MAGNA, CNN CORRESPONDENT, (voice over): The islands of Helgoland in Germany's North Sea don't appear the obvious spot for a population explosion.

    CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2008 2008

  • On October 29, the crews of the ships Thuringia and Helgoland refused to lift anchor.

    A History of General Strikes 2008

  • MAGNA: Helgoland seals are getting almost as much attention as Germany's polar bear cups.

    CNN Transcript Jan 14, 2008 2008

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