Dogger Bank
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 1660s; origin obscure, but see Dutch dogger (“fishing boat for cod or haddock”) and bank (“shallow part of sea near coast”). Compare Dutch Doggersbank, Danish Doggerbanke, German Doggerbank.
Proper noun[edit]
- (nautical) A large sandbank, and associated fishing ground, in the North Sea between Great Britain and Denmark.