C2 · Mastery
Regions of Denmark
Discuss the parts of Denmark with nuance, from regions and borderland history to the rural-urban divide, and explain how place shapes identity and language.
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- a part of the country
- an area, a locality
- a distinctive character
- a region
- a regional council
- a local government reform
- the Greater Copenhagen area
- the provinces (outside the capital)
- outlying Denmark (peripheral areas)
- rural areas
- depopulation
- the rural-urban divide
- a market town
- a railroad town
- a fixed link (bridge or tunnel)
- a ferry connection
- a marsh (tidal marshland)
- a borderland
- the Reunification of 1920
- a minority
- newcomer to an area
- sense of belonging
- local patriotism
- to be shaped by (one's background)
- Standard Danish, historically associated with educated Copenhagen speech
- a dialect
- South Jutlandic, the dialect of Southern Jutland
- Bornholm dialect, of Bornholm
- to efface
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Regional Identity in Denmark
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