Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • 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.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hot drink made with spirit, sugar, and beaten eggs.
  • noun A children's game in which the players form a circle with their hands on a rope, and one inside the circle tries to touch the hands of any other player and kiss that one before he or she can get inside the rope.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Geography) The capital city of Denmark. Population (2000) = 1,339,395.
  • noun A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs.
  • noun A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun The capital city of Denmark.
  • proper noun One of the former counties of Denmark.
  • proper noun A community in Louisiana.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand

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Examples

  • COPENHAGEN — Denmark's famed Little Mermaid statue left her perch in the Copenhagen harbor Thursday and started a journey to the World Expo in Shanghai – the first trip abroad in her 96-year history.

    Little Mermaid Statue Travels From Denmark To China 2010

  • December 17th, 2009 COPENHAGEN - Amid fears of a collapse in Copenhagen, Indian Minister of State for Environment Jairam Ramesh Thursday said the developed world would be blamed if the climate change talks here fail.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010

  • COPENHAGEN -- At his second press conference at the Copenhagen climate summit, U.S. chief negotiator

    Politics Daily 2010

  • COPENHAGEN -- At the Copenhagen summit, there isn't a negotiating process to reach a climate pact.

    Politics Daily 2010

  • New climate draft drops 2010 deadline for a legally binding treaty to fight global warming more images more images more images more images New climate draft drops 2010 deadline for treaty COPENHAGEN - A new draft climate agreement being considered by world leaders at the U.N. summit in Copenhagen drops a previous 2010 deadline for achieving a legally binding treaty to fight global warming.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • December 17th, 2009 COPENHAGEN - Amid fears of a collapse in Copenhagen, Indian Minister of State for Environment Jairam Ramesh Thursday said the developed world would be blamed if the climate change talks here fail.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010

  • December 17th, 2009 COPENHAGEN - Amid fears of a collapse in Copenhagen, Indian Minister of State for Environment Jairam Ramesh Thursday said the developed world would be blamed if the climate change talks here fail.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010

  • The Honorable Mayor of Mumbai Smt. December 15th, 2009 COPENHAGEN - Indian leaders at Copenhagen should remember that future generations were watching them closely, says Bollywood actor Rahul Bose, amongst the many well-known faces who have flown to Copenhagen to push for a fair deal on climate change.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Dibyojyoti Baksi 2010

  • December 17th, 2009 COPENHAGEN - Amid fears of a collapse in Copenhagen, Indian Minister of State for Environment Jairam Ramesh Thursday said the developed world would be blamed if the climate change talks here fail.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010

  • COPENHAGEN - Art critics dismissed Bob Dylan as an amateur painter and said his work had no place in Denmark's largest museum, after the American music icon's new painting collection opened in Copenhagen.

    Expecting Rain 2010

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  • see Century Dict. 2nd definition

    August 8, 2012