København

From Danish København.

København

1. (uncommon) Synonym of Copenhagen.
   • 1956, “The Sound, Southern Part—Fakse Bugt”, in Sailing Directions for the Kattegat and the Sound: Skagen to Falsterbo, Including Fakse Bugt (H. O. Pub. 41), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, →OCLC, page 268, columns 1–2:

     København is the capital and the commercial, industrial, and cultural center of Denmark. […] Exports from København consist mainly of manufactured articles and agricultural products.

   • 1999, Paul Balchin, Luděk Sýkora, with Gregory Bull, “Conclusions”, in Regional Policy and Planning in Europe, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 247:

     Thus, in 1991, when Denmark and Sweden signed a treaty to construct a 15.5 km length four-lane motorway and double track railway from København to Malmö across the Öresund (by means of a bridge and tunnel), it was anticipated that not only would the locational disadvantages of Sweden be reduced, but that the Öresund region would become the principal urbanised area in northern Europe (Newman and Thornley, 1996, Williams, 1996).

   • 2022, Nicholas Hill, “Sjælland”, in Germany and Denmark, St Ives, Cambridgeshire: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson, →ISBN, page 174, columns 1–2:

     Hellerup is an upmarket suburb of København with excellent shopping opportunities. […] There is often some swell and a coast road runs all the way from København to Gilleleje, bringing traffic noise.

• KBH (initialism)
• Kjøbenhavn

From Old Danish Køpmannæhafn, equivalent to modern Danish købmænds havn (“chapmen's haven, merchants' harbor”). Compare Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn.

• IPA^(key): /købənˈhɑwˀn/, [kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑwˀn], Jutlandic (used derogatorily) IPA^(key): [tɕœwnˈhɑwˀn],

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København

1. Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)

• Norwegian Bokmål: Køpenhavn, Kjøpenhavn
• → Faroese: Keypmannahavn
• → Icelandic: Kaupmannahöfn, Kaupinhafn, Köben
• → Low German: Kopenhagen
  • → English: Copenhagen
  • → French: Copenhague
  • → German: Kopenhagen
    • → Romanian: Copenhaga
  • → Italian: Copenaghen
  • → Russian: Копенгаген (Kopengagen)
  • → Spanish: Copenhague
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: Kjøpenhamn, Kaupenhamn
• → Old Swedish: *Kø̄pmanhafn, *Kø̄pmanhamn
  • → Swedish: Köpenhamn
    • → Finnish: Kööpenhamina

• Kjøpenhavn (inherited form)
• Kjøben

From Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”), literally meaning "merchants' port". Largely replaced the inherited form Kjøpenhavn.

• IPA^(key): /çøːbn̩ˈhaʋn/, /çøːpn̩ˈhaʋn/

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• Rhymes: -aʋn
• Hyphenation: Kø‧ben‧havn

København

1. Copenhagen (the capital city, municipality, and former county of Denmark)

The former county is also referred to by its full name Københavns amt (Copenhagen's amt).

• “København” in Store norske leksikon

• Kaupenhamn, Kjøpenhamn

From Danish København, from Old Danish Køpmannæhafn (“Copenhagen”, literally “chapmen’s haven”), equivalent to Old Norse Kaupmannahǫfn. Compare Faroese Keypmannahavn and Icelandic Kaupmannahöfn.

• IPA^(key): /çøːbənˈhavn/, /çøːpənˈhavn/

København ?

1. Copenhagen (the capital city, municipality, and former county of Denmark)

• københavnsk

• IPA^(key): /kéːbɛnxàːʋn/

København m inan

1. Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)

• Københavnčan / Københavnčanka
• københavnski

• “København”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “København”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references