Denmark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛn.mɑːk/
ipa: /ˈdɛn.mɑɹk/
Etymology: From Middle English Denmark, from Danish Danmark, from dansk (“Danish”) + Old Norse merki (“boundary”) or mǫrk (“borderland”). Cognate with (and perhaps influenced by) Old English Denemearc.
Senses: examples: text: As Denmark takes over the presidency of the European Union, Danes are more strongly pro-European than at any time in the past two decades – a shift in sentiment that can at least partly be attributed to US President Donald Trump.
ref: 2025 July 5, Sebastian Shukla, “Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that”, in CNN:
synonyms: Denmark proper
glosses: A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen; the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name.
synonyms: Kingdom of Denmark
glosses: A sovereign nation consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
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A town and local government area (Shire of Denmark) in the Great Southern region, Western Australia.
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A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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A parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada, named for the community of New Denmark.
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An unincorporated community in Bulloch County, Georgia.
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An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Owen County, Indiana.
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A census-designated place and township in Lee County, Iowa.
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An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kansas.
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A town in Oxford County, Maine.
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A township in Tuscola County, Michigan.
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A township in Washington County, Minnesota.
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A town in Lewis County, New York.
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An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio.
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A township in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
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An unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon.
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A city in Bamberg County, South Carolina.
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An unincorporated community and former city in Madison County, Tennessee.
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A village in the town of New Denmark, Brown County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Denmark Hill
Denmark satin
Denmark Strait
New Denmark
something is rotten in the state of Denmark
Southern Denmark