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Definition of Denmark

1. Noun. A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

Definition of Denmark

1. Proper noun. A country in Western Europe consisting mainly of most of the Jutland Peninsula and a number of islands off its coast. Capital: Copenhagen (''København''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Denmark

Literary usage of Denmark

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"From the time that the whole of Schleswig belonged to Denmark it was ruled by royal governors; these governors were generally princes of the royal house who ..."

2. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Joseph Haydn (1889)
"Denmark. Copenhagen made the capital 1440 Accession of Christian I. (of Oldenburg), from whom •Christum II. deposed ; independence of Sweden the late royal ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"(2) Denmark Denmark, like Sweden, emerged from the chaos of the Napoleonic wars a mangled and poverty-stricken State. The minute duchy of Lauenburg could ..."

4. Lives of the Queens of England: From the Norman Conquest by Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland (1852)
"CHAPTER L Anne, or Anna, of Denmark, first queen-consort of Great Britain, &c. — Her parentage and protestant education — Disputes between Scotland and ..."

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