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Kristiania

British  
/ ˌkrɪstɪˈɑːnɪə /

noun

  1. a former name (1877–1924) 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

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The man is a young Norwegian writer of the last century who lives alone in Kristiania and suffers the fearful anguish of alienation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Smart international yachting folk who have sailed up the pine-fringed Kristiania Fjord to the capital of Norway, Oslo, will remember Castle Oskarshal.

From Time Magazine Archive

"From Kristiania; Kule has inherited this house, and folks say living is cheap here."

From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnson, Bj?rnstjerne

Ett och annat on Henrik Ibsen och Kristiania teater.

From Henrik Ibsen A Bibliography of Criticism and Biography with an Index to Characters by Firkins, Ina Ten Eyck

Then she must have been going to meet me in Kristiania.

From Wanderers by Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander)

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