Etymology

Dannevirke

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Today it means: A town in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand. Full definition →

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The story

Named by Scandinavian settlers after the Danevirke, Danish fortifications in Schleswig-Holstein.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.