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Roskilde

American  
[raw-ski-luh] / ˈrɔ skɪ lə /

noun

  1. a city on the island of Zealand, in E Denmark: a suburb of Copenhagen.


Roskilde British  
/ ˈrɔskilə /

noun

  1. a city in Denmark, on NE Zealand west of Copenhagen: capital of Denmark from the 10th century to 1443; scene of the signing (1658) of the Peace of Roskilde between Denmark and Sweden. Pop: 44 205 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It's a situation akin to removing the "sickest patients" from hospitals and placing them in backstreet clinics, according to Anders Bach-Mortensen, an associate professor of social care at Roskilde University.

From BBC May 20, 2026

Epidemiologist Lone Simonsen of Roskilde University argues if frailty was a major risk factor during the flu pandemic, mortality would also have shot up among the elderly—which didn’t happen.

From Science Magazine Oct. 9, 2023

The researchers tagged several hundred infected ants in the Bidstrup Forests near Roskilde, Denmark.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2023

Annette Zacho was born in Roskilde, Denmark, on Feb. 1, 1942.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2023

On 14 May 1568, Tycho received a formal promise from the King, still Frederick II, that he could have the next canonry to become vacant at the Cathedral of Roskilde, in Seeland.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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