Fünen
noun
German name of Fyn.
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Fünen
American
[fy-nuhn]
/ ˈfü nən /
noun
Funen
British
/ ˈfuːnən /
noun
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Once Brecht settled with his family on the island of Fünen, in Denmark, he set to work in a whitewashed stable.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2019
Hans Christian Andersen was born in the little town of Odense, on the island Fünen, April 2, 1805.
From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
The two largest islands are Fünen and Seeland, which are separated by the Great Belt, and the former from the main land by the Little Belt.
From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver
Belt, Great and Little, gateways of the Baltic: the Great between Zealand and Fünen, 15 m. broad; the Little, between Fünen and Jutland, half as broad; both 70 m. long, the former of great depth.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
The Danes were mainly in Jutland, Fünen, and the extreme south of Scandinavia.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
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