A city in Lower Saxony, Germany, historically important as a port and trading center.
From the Ems River (where it's located) plus the Germanic suffix -den (meaning settlement). The city has been important to trade since medieval times, and its name preserves this river-based origin.
Emden was so important to English merchants in the 1500s-1600s that it became a common reference point in English literature, and many English Protestants fled there to escape religious persecution.
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