'Memel' is a name, mainly used by Germans, and both for towns and rivers. It supposedly was derived from
Old Prussian language, meaning "surrounded by water". It may refer to:
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KlaipÄ—da city, formerly part of East Prussia and Germany, now as KlaipÄ—da part of Lithuania
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Memelburg, the
Ordensburg castle built in 1252 by
Teutonic Knights which was the nucleus for the city
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Memel Territory (''Memelland''), the area separated from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles, later called KlaipÄ—da Region
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Battle of Memel, a siege of the city, from late 1944 to early 1945.
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Neman River, known in German as ''(die) Memel'', mentioned in ''Das Lied der Deutschen'' as eastern border of Germany
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Nemunėlis River, known in German as ''Memele'', and in Latvian as ''Mēmele''
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Memel, Free State, a village in the Free State Province of South Africa, named after Memel (Klaipeda)