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- noun the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand
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Old John mcConfused was probably thinking of the recent global warming conference that was held in Kobenhavn, Danmark.
Think Progress » The ‘facts’ of the Christmas Day plot are ‘clear’ — to everyone except John McCain. 2010
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Of course it’s harder to find “hope” in Kobenhavn, but we’ll take what we can, eh? datingjesus
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Proper names also yield to this new pedantry, and the London Times frequently delights the aluminados by suddenly making such substitutions as that of Serbia for Servia and that of Rumania for Roumania; in the course of time, if the warnings of the S.P. E. do not prevail, the English may be writing München, Kobenhavn, Napoli, Wien, Warszava, Bruxelles and sGravenhage; even today they commonly use Hannover, Habana and Leipzig.
Chapter 8. American Spelling. 6. The Treatment of Loan-Words Henry Louis 1921
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Norway's Rosenborg beat neighbouring Denmark's Kobenhavn by just 2-1, goals from Iversen
Pravda.Ru 2010
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Norway's Rosenborg beat neighbouring Denmark's Kobenhavn by just 2-1, goals from Iversen
Pravda.Ru 2010
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(GSM) - Kobenhavn scored late to secure a lifeline against a Rosenborg side that seemed to be cruising to a comfortable victory in Tuesday's Champions League play-off clash.
Soccerway.com 2010
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(What grisly -- and futile -- struggles the gics and their wholly-owned pocket-politicians must be having in Kobenhavn right now, eh?)
The Oil Drum: Europe - Analysis and Discussion of the European Energy Gap and Peak Oil Euan Mearns 2010
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The Le Meridien Palace Hotel is a luxury property situated in the heart of Copenhagen, within walking distance of the Tivoli Gardens and Stroget, approximately six miles from Copenhagen International Kobenhavn Lufthavn Airport.
We Blog A Lot 2008
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Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening I Kobenhavn 127: 19-33.
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We were playing "Cum On Feel The Noize" for perhaps the sixtieth time, when Wendy's mother came into the den where I was dancing on the sofa and graciously asked me, in her lilting Kobenhavn accent that sounded not unlike Meryl Streep as Karen Blixen, 'Would you care for another slice of Honningkage with Chokolade Palaeg Lys, Hissie? "
bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2005
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