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Skagen

American  
[skah-guhn] / ˈskɑ gən /

noun

  1. Skaw, The.


Skagen British  
/ ˈskɑːɡən /

noun

  1. another name for the Skaw

"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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Regardless, last week, the Danish government said it would intensify environmental inspections of ships at Skagen Red, one of Scandinavia’s busiest anchorages at the northern tip of Denmark.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

You get an estimated week on a single charge, while the Hybrid HR and Skagen Jorn got about two weeks.

From The Verge • Jul. 16, 2022

At the time of its detention in Skagen, 61 people, including crew members and research staff, were aboard the vessel.

From Reuters • Nov. 5, 2021

More recently, in February of 2014, Streeling also did some minor upkeep on the Wikipedia page for Skagen Denmark, a Fossil-owned watch company.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2019

An "Old Woman of Skagen," "A Mother and Child," and "Coffee is Ready" were among the most attractive of her pictures of homely, familiar Danish life.

From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement

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