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COPENHAGEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand

Example:

Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North

Synonyms:

Copenhagen; Danish capital; Kobenhavn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Copenhagen" is a part of...):

Danmark; Denmark; Kingdom of Denmark (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Researchers with the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC) and the University of Waterloo in Canada conducted the study of almost 700 pregnant Danish women.

(Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduce Asthma Risk in Children by One-Third, VOA)