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Definition of Sjaelland
1. Noun. The largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen.
Group relationships: Danmark, Denmark, Kingdom Of Denmark
Generic synonyms: Island
Member holonyms: Zealander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sjaelland
Literary usage of Sjaelland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of the English Nation by Chadwick, Hector Munro (1907)
"They lived at Leire in Sjaelland. Elsewhere we do not hear very much about Gefion
... Her dwelling-place is Leire (in Sjaelland), the chief residence of the ..."
2. Denmark: Its History and Topography, Language, Literature, Fine-arts, Social by Herman Heinrich Louis Schwanenflügel, Angul Hammerich, Vilhelm Adolf Secher, Marcus Rubin (1891)
"Of the Sjaelland cluster the main island is, on the whole, the highest; the most
elevated points are found it is true on the East coast of Moen, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Investigations in this subject have rendered it very probable that the island of
Nerthus was Sjaelland (Zealand), and it is further to be observed that the ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1891)
"Sjaelland and Holsteen were still in the service, full-rigged ships but with no
... Sjaelland was a 74-gunship; the hulks carried from fifty to sixty each, ..."
5. A History of Continental Criminal Law by Ludwig von Bar (1916)
"This case is likewise dealt with in Valde- mar's Code of Sjaelland, the expression
here used being " loss of personal security ..."
6. Denmark and Sweden: With Iceland and Finland by Jón Stefánsson (1917)
"Jackson, on the expiry of the ultimatum, went on board the fleet August I3th,
Sjaelland was blockaded, and siege was laid to the ill-prepared Copenhagen, ..."
7. Denmark and Sweden: With Iceland and Finland by Jón Stefánsson (1916)
"The British expedition was to leave Sjaelland within six weeks of the armistice.
English ships continued to cruise round Sjaelland, and the Danish island ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Investigations in this subject ' have rendered it very probable that the island
of Nerthus was i Sjaelland (Zealand), and it is further to be observed that ..."
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