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Christiania

American  
[kris-chee-an-ee-uh, -ah-nee-uh, kris-tee-] / ˌkrɪs tʃiˈæn i ə, -ˈɑ ni ə, ˌkrɪs ti- /

noun

  1. former name of Oslo.

  2. Skiing. Christie.


Christiania British  
/ ˌkrɪstɪˈɑːnɪə /

noun

  1. a former name (1624–1877) of Oslo

"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

Etymology

Origin of Christiania

First recorded in 1900–05

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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

"I had long hair and found Christiania to be the perfect hippie dream," he told the BBC.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2024

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

From BBC Nov. 20, 2021

Over the years, Christiania has become one of Copenhagen’s biggest tourist attractions with residents offering guided tours in several languages.

From Seattle Times Sep. 26, 2021

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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