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

1. A country in Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Denmark. Capital and largest city: Copenhagen.

   Synonym: Kingdom of Denmark

2. The main part of the Kingdom of Denmark, excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland; the metropole of the Kingdom of Denmark.

   Synonym: Denmark proper

3. 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 commmnity 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.
4. A surname.

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

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

• end mark, endmark

Denmark

1. Denmark

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 Europe)

• (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgia, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Britania Raya, Bulgaria, Ceko, Denmark, Estonia, Finlandia, Georgia, Hongaria, Irlandia, Islandia, Italia, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Kroasia, Latvia, Listenstaina, Lituania, Luksemburg, Makedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Norwegia, Perancis, Polandia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Siprus, Slovenia, Slowakia, Spanyol, Swedia, Swiss, Turki, Ukraina, Yunani, Vatikan

• “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