# Denmark

Pronunciation: US say "DEN-mark" /ˈdɛn.mɑɹk/; UK say "DEN-mahk" /ˈdɛn.mɑːk/

## Proper noun

1. A country in Northern Europe whose capital and largest city is Copenhagen, and the metropole of the sovereign Kingdom of Denmark.
   - Simple: A country in Northern Europe. Its capital city is Copenhagen.
   - _Denmark shares its only land border with Germany._
   - _After years abroad, she moved back to Denmark and settled near Copenhagen._
2. The Kingdom of Denmark as a whole, a sovereign state made up of Denmark proper, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland.
   - Simple: A nation made up of Denmark itself, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland.
   - _As a kingdom, Denmark stretches from the Baltic Sea to the Arctic Ocean._
   - _In international treaties, Denmark signs on behalf of the entire realm, from Copenhagen to Nuuk._

## Other meanings

- (proper noun) A surname.
- (proper noun) A town and local government area (Shire of Denmark) in the Great Southern region, Western Australia.
- (proper noun) A city in Bamberg County, South Carolina.
- (proper noun) A town in Oxford County, Maine.
- (proper noun) A town in Lewis County, New York.
- (proper noun) A census-designated place and township in Lee County, Iowa.
- (proper noun) A township in Tuscola County, Michigan.
- (proper noun) A township in Washington County, Minnesota.
- (proper noun) A township in Ashtabula County, Ohio.
- (proper noun) An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio.
- (proper noun) An unincorporated community in Bulloch County, Georgia.
- (proper noun) An unincorporated community in Marion Township, Owen County, Indiana.
- (proper noun) An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Kansas.
- (proper noun) An unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon.
- (proper noun) An unincorporated community and former city in Madison County, Tennessee.
- (proper noun) A village in the town of New Denmark, Brown County, Wisconsin.
- (proper noun) A community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- (proper noun) A parish in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada, named for the community of New Denmark.

## Origin

From Middle English Denmark, from Danish Danmark, which combines dansk ("Danish") with Old Norse merki ("boundary") or mǫrk ("borderland"). It is cognate with, and perhaps was influenced by, Old English Denemearc.

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