Cuxhaven

English

Proper noun

Cuxhaven

1. A town, port, and rural district (Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany.

German

Etymology

Uncertain first and second element. The first element may be equivalent to Koog (“polder”) (from Old Saxon kōg, from Proto-West Germanic *kaug) due to its geographical position at a mudflat; the second part looks equivalent to German Hafen (“harbor”) but can also be Hof (“court, farm”) or even Hag (“hedge”) in a form like Gellershagen (an informal subdistrict of Bielefeld).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʊksˈhaːfn̩]

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Proper noun

Cuxhaven n (proper noun, genitive Cuxhavens or (optionally with an article) Cuxhaven)

1. Cuxhaven (a town in Lower Saxony, Germany)
2. Cuxhaven (a rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany)
3. (historical, till 1977) Cuxhaven (an independent town in Lower Saxony, Germany)