Denmark
English
Etymology
From Danish Danmark, from dansk (“Danish”) + Old Norse merki (“boundary”) or mǫrk (“borderland”). Cognate to (and perhaps influenced by) Old English Denemearc.
Proper noun
Denmark
- A country in Western Europe consisting mainly of most of the Jutland peninsula and a number of islands off its coast.
- Synonym: Kingdom of Denmark
Derived terms
- Denmark Street
- New Denmark
- something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Translations
country in Western Europe
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See also
- Appendix:Place names in Denmark
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
Acehnese
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