Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A narrow strait between southern Sweden and eastern Denmark connecting the Baltic Sea with the Kattegat.
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Examples
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Reuters The Oresund bridge connects Copenhagen to Malmo, Sweden, facilitating business between the countries.
Swedish Firms Eye Denmark Niclas Rolander 2011
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Since the Oresund bridge from Copenhagen to Malmo in southern Sweden was completed in 2000, the cross-border Oresund region has become increasingly integrated, and several Swedish companies now feel it is natural to have a presence in both countries.
Swedish Firms Eye Denmark Niclas Rolander 2011
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In Malmo, a mere 20-minute train ride via the stunning Oresund bridge from Copenhagen, about 80,000 (60,000 of them Muslims) of the overall population of 300,000 are immigrants.
Pepe Escobar: Letter from Islamophobistan Pepe Escobar 2010
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Meanwhile, Swedes take the 20-minute commute to Copenhagen over the decade-old Oresund Bridge, looking for higher wages during the week and cheaper alcohol on the weekends.
Serious and Silly Filmmaking in Denmark J. S. Marcus 2011
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Wihlborgs, based in Malmo, a city in southern Sweden that is only a bridge away from the Danish capital, sees itself as a property company for the Swedish-Danish Oresund region.
Swedish Firms Eye Denmark Niclas Rolander 2011
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However, some fun day trips out of Copenhagen include Malmo which is just across the Oresund bridge.
Talk about Travel 2011
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In general, we have a strong belief in the Oresund region.
Swedish Firms Eye Denmark Niclas Rolander 2011
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Chris Young Cologne, GermanyIt's not completely true that the bridge and tunnel across the Oresund "will connect Sweden and Denmark for the first time since prehistory."
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The populations on both sides of Oresund have the same culture, and now that they will be reconnected with a bridge, there are promising prospects for a strong EU region with double nationalities.
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Sweden conquered the Danish provinces, and a Danish reconquest ended with a dictate from the French Sun King, Louis XIV, that Sweden should keep the annexed landscapes in order to make Oresund an international strait.
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