Denmark
['denma:k]
Definition
(noun.) a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Typed by Jewel--From WordNet
Examples
- You would think it romantic to be walking with a person fat and scant o' breath if I were Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- On either side are represented as hanging small pictures of Tycho's patron, Frederick II of Denmark (d. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These pagan Saxons and English of the mainland and their kindred from Denmark and Norway are the Danes and Northmen of our national histories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This, too, was the policy of Denmark, till the reign of the late king. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Denmark had no chance against these Great Powers; she was easily beaten and obliged to relinquish the duchies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This was the Needle Gun, of which 60,000 were issued to the Prussian army in 1841, and which was first used in 1848, in the German war with Denmark. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Both Denmark and Sweden at this time were deep in the affairs of Germany. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A German originated the soda and acid type of extinguisher from tests made in Denmark between 1830 and 1835. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Holland had various islands and possessions in the East Indies and Dutch Guiana, and Denmark an island or so in the West Indies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sweden, Norway and Denmark show a higher telephone development than the other European countries, but even in Denmark, where the telephone development is highest, we find but 3. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The most important transit-duty in the world, is that levied by the king of Denmark upon all merchant ships which pass through the Sound. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Sweden, Denmark, and Norway had already gone over to the Protestant side. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We cannot even catalogue here the minor Grand Monarchs of the time in Florence (Tuscany) and Savoy and Saxony and Denmark and Sweden. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The late king of Denmark dissolved this company, and since that time the prosperity of these colonies has been very great. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The King of Denmark came into the German confederation by virtue of certain German-speaking possessions in Holstein. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Vern