DENMARK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Denmark mean? 

• DENMARK (noun)
  The noun DENMARK has 1 sense:

1. a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea

  Familiarity information: DENMARK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENMARK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Danmark; Denmark; Kingdom of Denmark

Instance hypernyms:

Scandinavian country; Scandinavian nation (any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia)

Meronyms (parts of "Denmark"):

Seeland; Sjaelland; Zealand (the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen)

Copenhagen; Danish capital; Kobenhavn (the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand)

Aarhus; Arhus (port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland)

Aalborg; Alborg (a city and port in northern Jutland)

Viborg (a town of Denmark in north central Jutland)

Frisian Islands (a chain of islands in the North Sea off the coast of northwestern Europe extending from the IJsselmeer to Jutland)

Meronyms (members of "Denmark"):

Dane (a native or inhabitant of Denmark)

Domain member region:

battle of Jutland; Jutland (an indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark)

Holonyms ("Denmark" is a part of...):

Jutland; Jylland (peninsula in northern Europe that forms the continental part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany)

Holonyms ("Denmark" is a member of...):

Common Market; EC; EEC; EU; Europe; European Community; European Economic Community; European Union (an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members)

NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)

Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)

 Context examples 

An international team from Brazil, Denmark and the UK, discovered that two species of pumpkin toadlets cannot hear the sound of their own calls.

(Tiny Brazilian Frogs Deaf to Own Calls, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers were from the U.S. and from Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden.

(New Genetic Discovery May Eventually End Premature Birth, VOA)

A team of researchers from Denmark, the United States and Canada made the discovery while studying a solar storm that reached Earth on Feb. 19, 2014.

(Solar Storms Can Drain Electrical Charge Above Earth, NASA)

In Denmark the rate increased from 0.36% in 2006-2007 to 0.46% in 2007-2008 and jumped to 0.72% in 2008-2009.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

The researchers compared records from 918 mother-child pairs who took part in the Danish National Birth Cohort, a study that followed the pregnancies of more than 91,000 women in Denmark.

(Pregnancy diet high in refined grains could increase child obesity risk by age 7, NIH)

Researchers from the Department of Biology at University of Southern Denmark have tested the cormorant, Loke's, hearing.

(Marine Birds Can Hear Under Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Developed in Denmark by crossing native pigs with the Large White pig breed.

(Landrace Pig, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person having origins in any of the countries of northern Europe such as Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, or Great Britain.

(Northern European, NCI Thesaurus)

Known as Sativex out of Brazil, Mevatyl has been approved in 28 countries, including the United States, Canada, Germany, and Denmark.

(Brazil grants registration for first cannabis-based drug, Agência Brasil)

Scientists from the University of Bristol and the Technical University of Denmark have created chip-scale devices that are able to utilize quantum physics to manipulate single particles of light.

(Scientists ‘Teleport’ Data between Chips for First Time, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)