Kiel

Meaning

Proper Noun

capital city Schleswig-Holstein (state) Germany (country).
city Wisconsin (state).

Origin

From German Kiel, named after Kiel Fjord of the Baltic Sea, from Old Norse kill ("gulf, bay"), from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to the verb *kīnaną. kill#Etymology 2.

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