Christiania

[kris-chee-an-ee-uh, -ah-nee-uh, kris-tee-]

noun

1. former name of Oslo.

2. Skiing.,  Christie.

Christiania

/ ˌkrɪstɪˈɑːnɪə /

noun

1. a former name (1624–1877) of Oslo

Word History and Origins

Origin of Christiania¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

For more than 50 years, the hippy neighbourhood of Christiania has been a haven of counter-culture, in the very heart of the Danish capital Copenhagen.

From BBC

The plan is to create “a new Christiania without the criminal hashish market,” said Mette Prag, coordinator of a new public housing project in the enclave.

From Seattle Times

The residents are fighting to preserve Christiania’s reputation as a “free-wheeling society” made up of political idealists and aging hippies.

From Seattle Times

In 2015, the restaurant announced it was closing at the end of 2016 and reopened near its waterfront premises with its own vegetable farm in the vicinity of the hippie enclave of Christiania in Copenhagen.

From Seattle Times

They established a self-governing hippy commune called Freetown Christiania, which the Danish government permitted as a ‘social experiment’.

From BBC