noun
Etymology
Origin of Christiania
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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If you want dinner with a literary patina, grab the French onion soup at Michel’s Christiania, a favorite of longtime resident Ernest Hemingway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025
The Danish state eventually accepted Christiania as a radical "social experiment", later giving it legal status.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024
There were celebratory claps and cheers of "Christiania", as locals prised up heavy cobblestones and tossed them into wheelbarrows, one by one.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2024
“We don’t want the gangsters anymore,” said Hulda Mader, who has lived in Christiania for 40 years.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024
As children, we always knew it as Christiania, but if I call it that here we shall only get confused, so I had better stick to Oslo all the way through.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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