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How did Copenhagen get its name?

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What Sarthak said. Additional note: it is pronounced to rhyme with Open Pagan in English. In 1952 in the movie "Hans Christian Andersen", the singer Danny Kaye had a hit with "Wonderful Wonderful Copenhagen" where he pronounced it in German. Many Danes were not amused so soon after the occupation. read more

The etymology of Copenhagen is fairly straightforward. The Danish København derives from Køpmannæhafn, which roughly translates to 'merchant's harbor', 'Hafn' or 'Havn' being 'harbour' in Danish. read more

1983: Skoal Bandits introduced, breaking ground for Copenhagen to have its own brand of pouches. 1984: Skoal Long Cut introduced, again a first for UST. 1997: Copenhagen Long Cut introduced. read more

Its existence was predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869. Hafnium was the penultimate stable isotope element to be discovered ( rhenium was identified two years later). Hafnium was found by Dirk Coster and Georg von Hevesy in 1923 in Copenhagen , Denmark, and named Hafnia after the Latin name for " Copenhagen ". read more

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