Copenhagen

:This article is about the city and municipality of Copenhagen. For the play by Michael Frayn, see Copenhagen (play).

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Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital and largest city of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. It is also the name of a county in Denmark, Copenhagen County? but the city and municipality are not a part of this county.

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Danish - Capital - Denmark - Kommune - Copenhagen County

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The contemporary Danish name for the city is a corruption of the original designation for the city, "Købmandshavn", or "Merchants' Harbour" in Danish. The English word for the city is derived from its German name, "Kopenhagen", but note that the 3rd syllable is pronounced "hay" in English, not "hah".

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English - German

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Copenhagen is home to the national parliament, government, and monarchy, which are all situated in the heart of the city.

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Parliament - Government - Monarchy

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