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Definition of Seeland

1. Noun. The largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seeland

Literary usage of Seeland

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

1. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookedited by Charles Morris edited by Charles Morris (1921)
"Where this prevails, as in seeland and the east of Jutland, the soil is generally fertile ; but where it is overlaid with deep beds of sand, as in the north ..."

2. Denmark and Iceland by Elise C. Otté (1881)
"During the eight hundred years that Skane, Halland, and Bleking formed an integral part of Denmark, seeland, with the capital, Copenhagen, was the natural ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"(1870) 4812—a fortified town on the cast coast, and the most direct port of communication with seeland, and memorable as having been the seat of the annual ..."

4. Anne Boleyn: A Chapter of English History. 1527-1536 by Paul Friedmann (1884)
"... kiter he landed on seeland. He met with but July 13 little resistance, the whole country was overrun, and 1534. Copenhagen itself surrendered to the ..."

5. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"... the tenor singer Albert Niemann, removed to Berlin. She was afterward divorced, and in 1870-'71 made a tour of the United States. seeland (Dan. ..."

6. Anne Boleyn: A Chapter of English History, 1527-1536 by Paul Friedmann (1884)
"On the 19th of June he set sail, and a few 1534. days later he landed on seeland. He met with but July 13, little resistance, the whole country was overrun, ..."

7. Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet by Henry Lansdell (1893)
"... and seeland compared with Carey, Bell, and Younghusband, 240-43. — Author's experience concerning taxation, 246.—Turki estimates and complaints of ..."

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