/shles"wig/ ; Ger. /shlays"vik/ , n.
1. a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic. 30,700.
2. a historic region in S Jutland: a former duchy of Denmark; annexed by Prussia 1864; the N part was returned to Denmark as the result of a plebiscite 1920. Also Sleswick . Danish, Slesvig .