Copenhagen
[,kəupən'heiɡən]
Definition
(noun.) the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand; 'Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North'.
Checked by Cindy--From WordNet
Examples
- This principle was the discovery of Soren Hjorth, of Copenhagen, and is fully described in his British patent, No. 806 of 1855, for An Improved Magneto-Electric Battery. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- From Liverpool she went to Copenhagen, Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Cronstadt and Arundel, and from the latter port returned to Savannah, making the passage in twenty-five days. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Electro-magnetism, the underlying principle of the electro-magnet, was first discovered in 1819 by Prof. Oersted, of Copenhagen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Electro-Magnetism discovered by Oersted of Copenhagen. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The mice were Copenhagen ware. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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