Copenhagen

[ koh-puhn-hey-guhn, -hah-, koh-puhn-hey-, -hah- ]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of Denmark, on the eastern coast of Zealand.

Copenhagen

/ -ˌhɑː-; ˈkəʊpənˌheɪ-; -ˈhɑː-; ˌkəʊpənˈheɪɡən /

noun

1. the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est) Danish nameKøbenhavn

Copenhagen

1. Capital of Denmark and largest city in the country, located in eastern Denmark; the country's chief commercial, industrial, and cultural center.

Notes

Called the “ Paris of the north” because of its similar charm.

Example Sentences

In a long Facebook post last week, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told people to imagine sitting in the top row of Copenhagen’s Parken Stadium, a soccer arena with a capacity of 38,000 people.

From Washington Post

A second way to gauge our solar system’s uniqueness comes from Nanna Bach-Møller and Uffe Jørgensen at the Center for Star and Planet Formation in Copenhagen, Denmark.

From Nautilus

The new facility is in Denmark, in an area called Taastrup outside of Copenhagen.

From Singularity Hub 

Other “Copenhagen-like” interpretations — ones that argue that outcomes of measurements are not absolute, objective facts.

From Quanta Magazine

In any case, the real innovation these days is happening in cities like New York, Copenhagen and China’s Xiong’an New Area, as our special report with Goldman Sachs reveals.

From Ozy

In 1974, 75 members of the group descended on a Copenhagen department store.

From The Daily Beast

For these infractions of the Holiday spirit, they were arrested and in some cases beaten in the street by Copenhagen police.

From The Daily Beast

It had opened in Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Prague, London.

From The Daily Beast

And in Copenhagen, BIG Architects are building a new incinerator that also doubles as a wintertime ski slope.

From The Daily Beast

Last Sunday Marius, a 2-year-old giraffe, was slaughtered at the Copenhagen Zoo.

From The Daily Beast

He was then sent to Copenhagen to live in a family which received him at the request of Consul Garman.

From Project Gutenberg

As well learn a trade in Copenhagen, if it was to come to that.

From Project Gutenberg

She had telegraphed for the whole set-out to Worse's agent in Copenhagen, with whom the money had for some time been lying ready.

From Project Gutenberg

He spent the next twelve years in Copenhagen, where he was intimate with Klopstock.

From Project Gutenberg

But at the very moment of the attack on Copenhagen, a stroke as effective wrecked his projects in the East.

From Project Gutenberg