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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VISBY

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PRONUNCIATION OF VISBY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VISBY

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Visby is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VISBY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Visby

Visby

Visby is a locality and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County, Sweden with 23,576 inhabitants, as of 2012. Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. It is the only locality with historical city status on the island of Gotland. The Hanseatic city of Visby is arguably the best-preserved medieval city in Scandinavia and since 1995, it is on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Among the most notable historical remains are the 3.4 km long town wall that encircles the town center, and a number of church ruins. Visby is a popular vacation destination for Scandinavians during the summer and receives thousands of tourists every year. It is by far the most populated locality outside the Swedish mainland. Visby is also the only municipality seat of Sweden that is accessible only by boat and air traffic. The University of Gotland is in Visby, and since 1 July 2013, it is a department of Uppsala University under the name Uppsala university–Campus Gotland.

Definition of Visby in the English dictionary

The definition of Visby in the dictionary is a port in SE Sweden, on NW Gotland Island in the Baltic: an early member of the Hanseatic League and major N European commercial centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 22 017.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VISBY

Vis.
visa
visage
visagiste
Visakhapatnam
Visayan
Visayan Islands
Visc.

WORDS THAT END LIKE VISBY

aby
baby
bobby
busby
by
by and by
Catesby
Crosby
Darby
derby
Great Gatsby
Grimsby
hobby
hubby
nearby
Port Moresby
ruby
rudesby
rugby
sneaksby

Synonyms and antonyms of Visby in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Visby» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VISBY

Find out the translation of Visby to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Visby from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Visby» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

维斯比
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Visby
570 millions of speakers

English

Visby
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Visby
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فيسبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Висбю
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Visby
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিস্বি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Visby
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Visby
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Visby
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ビスビュー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비스 비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Visby
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Visby
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விஸ்பீ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Visby
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Visby
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Visby
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Visby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Вісбю
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Visby
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Βίσμπι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Visby
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Visby
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Visby
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Visby

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VISBY»

The term «Visby» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.444 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VISBY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Visby» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Visby» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Visby

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VISBY»

Discover the use of Visby in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Visby and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The System of Liability of Articles III and IV of the Hague ...
The abbreviation 'H(V)R' refers to either the Hague Rules or the Hague Visby Rules. These are instruments of uniform international private law concerning the carriage of goods under a bill of lading. The H(V)R regulate many of the carrier's  ...
N.J. Margetson, 2008
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Ocean Bills of Lading: Traditional Forms, Substitutes, and ...
The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of 1991 has incorporated the Hague- Visby Rules into Australian law governing international carriage of goods. This Act does not apply to intra-state trade. See Draft Discussion Paper: Proposals for Reform ...
A. Athanassios N. Yiannopoulos, 1995
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Sweden
boat Year-round car ferries between Visby and both Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn are operated by Destination Gotland (%0771-22 33 00; www. destinationgotland.se). There are departures from Nynäshamn one to five times daily (about three ...
Becky Ohlsen, 2010
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Frommer's Sweden
Visby. After. Dark. There's a lot more energy expended on stargazing, wave watching, and ecology in Gotland than on barhopping and nocturnal flirting. The island's premier venue for folks over 40 who enjoy dancing “very tight” (ballroom  ...
Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, 2011
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Law of International Business in Australasia
The position in New Zealand is regulated by s 209 of the Maritime Transport Act 1994 (NZ), which provides that the Hague-Visby Rules have the force of law in New Zealand. Article 1 0 of the Hague-Visby Rules provides that they apply to a bill ...
Robin Burnett, Vivienne Bath, 2009
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Sweden
in order to gain access to the coveted Russian market. A trading agreement between Gotlanders and the League in 1161 gave the islanders the right to trade freely throughout the whole Saxon area, while Germans were able to settle in Visby, ...
‎2003
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Admiralty and Maritime Law
Fourth, the liability limits are raised slightly above the Visby levels to 835 SDRs per package or 2.5 SDRs per kilogram, whichever is higher. Art. 6(1). Note: MLA Proposed Compromise Between the Hague-Visby and the Hamburg Rules The ...
Robert Force, A. N. Yiannopoulos, Martin Davies, 2006
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Silurian (late Llandovery-Ludlow) Atrypid Brachiopods from ...
Fig. 26. Oglupes visbyensis n. sp. Statistical data compiled from specimens collected from the Upper Visby beds at various cliff localities along the N coast, early Wenlock; camera lucida drawings of medium-sized and gerontic shells. Kig. 27.
Paul Copper, 2004
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Cruise Ship Tourism
Port statistics on ship traffic for the recent development phase have been collected for select ports like Kiel, the North Sea Canal, Stockholm and Visby. 1. Innovating steps: the 1820s–1840s saw the establishment of many short-distance  ...
Ross Kingston Dowling, 2006
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Silurian reefs of Gotland
It is also unfortunate that almost all sections through the reefs follow the general direction of the coastal cliff, which is about southwest - northeast. North of Visby, three rather well-known Upper Visby reefs are found south of Snackgardsbaden  ...
A. A. Manten, 1971

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VISBY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Visby is used in the context of the following news items.
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Extremläge” på Visby lasarett
Visby lasarett har under det senaste dygnet fått öppna upp elva nya vårdplatser efter att flera fall av drogförgiftningar och fallolyckor kommit in till akuten på ... «Dagens Medicin, Jul 15»
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Vansinnesfärd genom Visby i natt
Det var strax efter midnatt som den röda Ferrarin uppmärksammades första gången i Visby hamn. Föraren till bilen körde flera varv i mycket hög fart och vittnen ... «Expressen, Jul 15»
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'If the Russians come our whole lives will change'
Strolling along Visby's narrow cobbled streets, watching the Baltic Sea's crystal blue waves ... Mainland visitors taking a break from Almedalen Week in Visby. «The Local.se, Jul 15»
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Sweden's Almedalen week - a quick guide
It is the name of the park in Visby on the island of Gotland, where Sweden's party leaders hold their most important speeches of the year during Almedalen Week ... «The Local.se, Jun 15»
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Baltic Sea States Aghast At Russian Exclave's Sewage Dumping
VISBY, Sweden -- Visby harbor on the Swedish island of Gotland is a picture-perfect idyll: the blue Baltic Sea laps against a beautifully maintained quay, and a ... «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jun 15»
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Swedish navy leadership reaffirms case for Visby air-defence …
The Visby-class corvette HSwMS Nyköping alongside in Karlskrona naval base, Sweden. The RSwN is still making the case to equip the Visby class with an ... «IHS Jane's 360, May 15»
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Baltic military shadow-boxing said to reach Cold War levels
VISBY FORWARD OPERATING BASE, Sweden (Reuters) - A daily game of Cold War cat-and-mouse is ratcheting up tensions in the Baltic and drawing the ... «Yahoo News, May 15»
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People on this sleepy Swedish island are upset because Facebook …
Berit Watkin via FlickrThe town of Visby on the island of Gotland. In Sweden. Facebook has been accused of a lot of things, from riding roughshod over people's ... «Business Insider, May 15»
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Han vill förbjuda Visbys tiggare i sommar
Ali Ismans förslag om att förbjuda tiggeri i Visby vecka 25-35 hade skrivits under av 40 personer. I sommar tror han att det kommer hit många fler EU migranter ... «Sveriges Radio, Apr 15»
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Flygpendel Västerås-Visby under Almedalsveckan
Under Almedalsveckan 2015 kommer Almedalsflyget att trafikera Stockholm/Västerås Flygplats -Visby. Det är företaget Tadema AB som erbjuder regionens ... «Mynewsdesk, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Visby [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/visby>. May 2024 ».
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