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Roskilde

[ raw-ski-luh ]

noun

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


Roskilde

/ 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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Example Sentences

Leire has, then, a much better claim than Roskilde to being the site of Heorot: and geographical considerations confirm this.

But it is hardly possible to conceive a greater contrast than that between the Roskilde fjord and the scenery depicted in ll.

Gertz dates it c. 1170, and thinks it was written by someone connected with the church at Roskilde.

He fulfilled his vow by becoming professor of divinity at Copenhagen and canon of Roskilde.

He granted to him the island of Hveen, gave him a pension, and made him a canon of the Cathedral of Roskilde.

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