See Christiania on Wiktionary
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"a neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark, an intentional community and largely self-governing district in Christianshavn."
],
"links": [
[
"neighbourhood",
"neighbourhood"
],
[
"Copenhagen",
"Copenhagen#English"
],
[
"Denmark",
"Denmark#English"
],
[
"intentional community",
"intentional community"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/krɪs.tɪˈɑː.nɪ.a/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːnɪa"
},
{
"homophone": "Kristiania"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"no:Christiania (København)",
"no:Kristiania"
],
"word": "Christiania"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "Named after Christian IV of Denmark (Kristian IV av Danmark-Noreg)",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "proper noun"
},
"expansion": "Christiania",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk terms with historical senses"
],
"glosses": [
"the name given to Oslo, Norway between 1624 and 1925, alternatively spelt Kristiania from 1877 to 1925."
],
"links": [
[
"Oslo",
"Oslo#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
],
[
"Norway",
"Norway"
],
[
"Kristiania",
"Kristiania#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) the name given to Oslo, Norway between 1624 and 1925, alternatively spelt Kristiania from 1877 to 1925."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"the autonomous area in Copenhagen"
],
"links": [
[
"Copenhagen",
"Copenhagen"
]
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Christian IV of Denmark",
"nn:",
"nn:Kristian IV av Danmark-Noreg",
"nn:Oslo"
],
"word": "Christiania"
}
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