Copenhagen definition

kōpən-hāgən, -hä-
(place) Capital of Denmark; seaport on the E coast of Zealand.
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The capital and largest city of Denmark, in the eastern part of the country on the eastern coast of Sjaelland. It was a trading and fishing center by the 11th century and became the capital in 1443.
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The capital city of Denmark.
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One of the former counties of Denmark.
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Copenhagen Sentence Examples

  • Havundersiigelser, Serie Hydrografi (Copenhagen 1904-20), contain important papers; the publications of the university of California (Zoology) deal with the work of the Scripps Inst.

  • Terror was the first feeling produced at Copenhagen by the landing of the main Swedish army at Korsor in Zealand.

  • On the 8th of August representatives from every class in the capital urged the necessity of a vigorous resistance; and the citizens of Copenhagen, headed by the great burgomaster Hans Nansen, protested their unshakable loyalty to the king, and their determination to defend Copenhagen to the uttermost.

  • A single specimen was found in the harbour of Copenhagen in the 18th century, having presumably been carried over by a ship to which it clung.

  • The same year he held the post of governor of Copenhagen and shared with Byrge Trolle the control of the treasury.

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