Meanings
- uncommonSynonym of Copenhagen.
København is the capital and the commercial, industrial, and cultural center of Denmark. […] Exports from København consist mainly of manufactured articles and agricultural products.
1956, “The Sound, Southern Part—Fakse Bugt”, in Sailing Directions for the Kattegat and the Sound: Skagen to Falsterbo, Including Fakse Bugt (H. O. Pub. 41), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, →OCLC, page 268, columns 1–22 more examples
Thus, in 1991, when Denmark and Sweden signed a treaty to construct a 15.5 km length four-lane motorway and double track railway from København to Malmö across the Öresund (by means of a bridge and tunnel), it was anticipated that not only would the locational disadvantages of Sweden be reduced, but that the Öresund region would become the principal urbanised area in northern Europe (Newman and Thornley, 1996, Williams, 1996).
1999, Paul Balchin, Luděk Sýkora, with Gregory Bull, “Conclusions”, in Regional Policy and Planning in Europe, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 247Hellerup is an upmarket suburb of København with excellent shopping opportunities. […] There is often some swell and a coast road runs all the way from København to Gilleleje, bringing traffic noise.
2022, Nicholas Hill, “Sjælland”, in Germany and Denmark, St Ives, Cambridgeshire: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson, →ISBN, page 174, columns 1–2Synonyms: Copenhagen
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Copenhagen.
Origin
- DanishKøbenhavn
- DanishKøbenhavn
- EnglishKøbenhavn
Borrowed from Danish København.
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