Denmark

From Middle English Denmark, from Danish Danmark, from dansk (“Danish”) + Old Norse merki (“boundary”) or mǫrk (“borderland”). Cognate with (and perhaps influenced by) Old English Denemearc.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.mɑːk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.mɑɹk/

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Denmark

2. A country in Northern Europe. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen; the metropole of the sovereign nation of the same name.

   Synonym: Denmark proper

3. A sovereign nation consisting of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

   Synonym: Kingdom of Denmark

4. A number of places in other countries:
   1. A town and local government area (Shire of Denmark) in the Great Southern region, Western Australia.
   2. A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
   3. A parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada, named for the community of New Denmark.
   4. A place in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Bulloch County, Georgia.
      2. An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Owen County, Indiana.
      3. A census-designated place and township in Lee County, Iowa.
      4. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kansas.
      5. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
      6. A township in Tuscola County, Michigan.
      7. A township in Washington County, Minnesota.
      8. A town in Lewis County, New York.
      9. An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio.
      10. A township in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
      11. An unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon.
      12. A city in Bamberg County, South Carolina.
      13. An unincorporated community and former city in Madison County, Tennessee.
      14. A village in the town of New Denmark, Brown County, Wisconsin.
5. A surname.

• → Japanese: デンマーク (Denmāku)
• → Korean: 덴마크 (Denmakeu)
• → Malay: Denmark
  • Indonesian: Denmark

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Denmark

1. Denmark (a country in Northern Europe)

Internationalism, borrowed from English Denmark, from Danish Danmark, from Old Norse Danmǫrk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛnma(r)k/
• Hyphenation: Dèn‧mark

Dènmark

1. Denmark (a country in Northern Europe)

• “Denmark” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Danish Danmark, from Old Norse Danmǫrk.

Denmark

1. Denmark (a country in Northern Europe)