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COPENHAGEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand
Example:
Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North
Synonyms:
Copenhagen; Danish capital; Kobenhavn
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Copenhagen" is a part of...):
Danmark; Denmark; Kingdom of Denmark (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea)
Context examples:
Researchers with the Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC) and the University of Waterloo in Canada conducted the study of almost 700 pregnant Danish women.
(Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduce Asthma Risk in Children by One-Third, VOA)