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Definition of Christiania
1. Noun. The capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast.
Generic synonyms: Port, National Capital
Group relationships: Kingdom Of Norway, Noreg, Norge, Norway
Definition of Christiania
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Christiania
Literary usage of Christiania
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Official Catalogue by United States Centennial Commission (1876)
"201 7 Steen, Daniel, Christiania. a Soaps. aoi b Essences, perfumery, ... 251 43
Falck-Yster, Christiania.—Snow shoes. 251 a Collection of antique and ..."
2. Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa by Edward Daniel Clarke (1824)
"The widest streets of General Christiania are not so broad as Bond Street; and
condition in these, the shops, though numerous, make no streets. VIII. ..."
3. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1888)
"AT the inner end of the long and charming Christiania fjord, at the foot of wooded
hills, lies Christiania. It was late in the autumn when, for the first ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1870)
"Christiania 1869. Forhandlinger vcd de Skandinaviske ... Christiania 1869.
Micro- metric Examination of Stellar Cluster in Perseus, by 0. AL Phil. •Jto. ..."
5. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1886)
"By Samuel Laing, Esq. London, 1837. 2. Le Royaume de Norvège et le Peuple Norvégien.
Par le Dr. OI Brodi. Christiania, 1878. 3. ..."
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