noun
Etymology
Origin of Christiania
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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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
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 • Apr. 6, 2024
Prag said they want “younger people, more families” to move in who are willing to participate in community activities to keep the spirit of Christiania, with buildings painted in psychedelic colors and stray dogs, alive.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2024
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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