Denmark

//ˈdɛn.mɑɹk// name

name ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen; the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name.

    "As Denmark takes over the presidency of the European Union, Danes are more strongly pro-European than at any time in the past two decades – a shift in sentiment that can at least partly be attributed to US President Donald Trump."

  2. 2
    A sovereign nation consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
  3. 3
    A number of places in other countries:; A town and local government area (Shire of Denmark) in the Great Southern region, Western Australia.
  4. 4
    A number of places in other countries:; A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  5. 5
    A number of places in other countries:; A parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada, named for the community of New Denmark.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Bulloch County, Georgia.
  2. 7
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Owen County, Indiana.
  3. 8
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; A census-designated place and township in Lee County, Iowa.
  4. 9
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kansas.
  5. 10
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  6. 11
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; A township in Tuscola County, Michigan.
  7. 12
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; A township in Washington County, Minnesota.
  8. 13
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; A town in Lewis County, New York.
  9. 14
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio.
  10. 15
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; A township in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
  11. 16
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon.
  12. 17
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; A city in Bamberg County, South Carolina.
  13. 18
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community and former city in Madison County, Tennessee.
  14. 19
    A number of places in other countries:; A place in the United States:; A village in the town of New Denmark, Brown County, Wisconsin.
  15. 20
    A surname.

Synonyms

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danmarkdenmark properhelsingørkingdom of denmark

Example

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"This city is called the Japanese Denmark."

Etymology

From Middle English Denmark, from Danish Danmark, from dansk (“Danish”) + Old Norse merki (“boundary”) or mǫrk (“borderland”). Cognate with (and perhaps influenced by) Old English Denemearc.

Related phrases

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