or Memmel; a town of Prussia, situated on the northern extremity of the Curische Haf, an inlet of the sea about 70 miles in length, which is here joined to the Baltic by a narrow strait.—It is an ill built town, with narrow dirty streets; but remarkable for its extensive commerce, being provided with the finest harbour in the Baltic. In 1784, 996 ships, amongst which were 500 English, arrived here. The imports chiefly are, salt, iron, and salted herrings; the exports, which greatly exceed the imports, are amber, corn, hemp, flax, and particularly timber. An English consul resides here. The trade is daily increasing, on account of the high duties which the court of Russia has laid on the imports of Riga.