Gdańsk
/gəˈdænsk/- an industrial port and shipbuilding centre in northern Poland, on an inlet of the Baltic Sea; pop. 456,103 (2007). Disputed between Prussia and Poland during the 19th century, it was a free city under a League of Nations mandate from 1919 until 1939, when it was annexed by Nazi Germany, precipitating hostilities with Poland and the outbreak of the Second World War. German name DANZIG.格但斯克(波兰北部工业港市和造船中心, 位于波罗的海一海湾, 2007年人口456,103; 19世纪成为普鲁士和波兰争夺的领土, 1919年到1939年成为国际联盟托管下的一个半自治城市, 1939年被纳粹德国吞并, 卷入与波兰的战事及促使第二次世界大战爆发; 德语名DANZIG)。