Christiania
See also: christiania
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNamed for Christian IV of Denmark
Proper noun
editChristiania
- A former name of Oslo
Danish
editProper noun
editChristiania
- A region of Copenhagen considering itself to be independent from the state of Denmark
- (historical) Alternative spelling of Kristiania (former name of Oslo)
- 1900, Norge i det nittende aarhundrede: Tekst og billeder af norske forfattere og kunstnere:
- Da Norges Bank 1816 blev stiftet ved tvungne Bidrag, blev som bekjendt Throndhjem dens Hovedsæde, vistnok paa Grund af Jalousien mellem Bergen og Christiania, af hvilke ingen undte den anden denne Ære og Fordel.
- When the bank of Norway was founded in 1816 by mandatory contributions, its seat was, as is known, Trondheim, I believe because of the jealousy between Bergen and Christiania, of which neither one would let the other have this honour and advantage.
- 1871, Carl Theodor Sørensen, Kampen om Norge i aarene 1813 og 1814: Et bidrag til de nordiske rigers krigshistorie, page 368:
- For at faae dem tilbage, sendtes i Februar 1816 Kommandeurkapitain C. A. Rothe til Christiania.
- To get them back, commander-captain C. A. Rothe was sent to Christiania in the february of 1816.
Synonyms
edit- (area of Copenhagen): Staden (informal)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editNamed after Christian IV of Denmark (Christian IV av Danmark og Norge)
Proper noun
editChristiania
- (historical) the name given to Oslo, Norway between 1624 and 1925, alternatively spelt Kristiania from 1877 to 1925.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editNamed after Christian IV of Denmark (Kristian IV av Danmark-Noreg)
Proper noun
editChristiania
- (historical) the name given to Oslo, Norway between 1624 and 1925, alternatively spelt Kristiania from 1877 to 1925.
- the autonomous area in Copenhagen
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