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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

If the Razer watch is a gamer version of the Gen 6, the new Skagen Falster is the Gen 6 with a Danish minimalism veneer.

From The Verge • Jan. 5, 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

We made our first acquaintance with bread and butter tickets at Skagen, and found them also in use on the railways and train ferries in Denmark and Scandinavia.

From Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' by Trayes, Frederic George

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