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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of eastern Denmark on Sjaelland Island west of Copenhagen. It was the capital of Denmark from the tenth century until 1443.

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Examples

  • Danish designer Sebastian Campion put 300 t-shirts for sale at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Roskilde, Denmark.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • The MAD food camp in Copenhagen doesn't have a music lineup yet, although it has enlisted the expertise of Denmark's biggest rock festival, Roskilde, to advise them on proceedings.

    Honest Cooking: Rock n' Rolls: The Summer Of Food Festivals Honest Cooking 2011

  • There are points in the film where the band appears near collapse, such as during its battle against Ticketmaster in the mid-90's, or the Roskilde tragedy, which drummer Matt Cameron said was for him the most wrenching part of watching the film.

    Pearl Jam opens up on 20 years of rock fame Reuters 2011

  • Highs like Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder slow-dancing with Nirvana's Kurt Cobain beneath a stage while Eric Clapton plays "Tears in Heaven" above intersect lows like the suffocation deaths of nine fans at the band's Roskilde, Denmark concert in 2000, throughout the two-hour film.

    Pearl Jam opens up on 20 years of rock fame Reuters 2011

  • Highs like Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder slow-dancing with Nirvana's Kurt Cobain beneath a stage while Eric Clapton plays "Tears in Heaven" above intersect lows like the suffocation deaths of nine fans at the band's Roskilde, Denmark concert in 2000, throughout the two-hour film.

    Pearl Jam opens up on 20 years of rock fame Reuters 2011

  • Taking as our reference points the Glastonbury festival or Denmark's own Roskilde – both grassroots celebrations where inspiration and quality of content trump commercial interests – we wanted to organise the culinary analogy: an outdoor festival fuelled by a devotion to food and a desire to understand it better.

    René Redzepi: 'What we eat matters. There's no conflict between a better meal and a better world' 2011

  • If you really want to taste the Viking life, you can ride in a reconstructed Viking vessel out of the museum town of Roskilde.

    Terry Kelhawk: It's Different in Denmark Terry Kelhawk 2011

  • The MAD food camp in Copenhagen doesn't have a music lineup yet, although it has enlisted the expertise of Denmark's biggest rock festival, Roskilde, to advise them on proceedings.

    Honest Cooking: Rock n' Rolls: The Summer Of Food Festivals Honest Cooking 2011

  • If you really want to taste the Viking life, you can ride in a reconstructed Viking vessel out of the museum town of Roskilde.

    Terry Kelhawk: It's Different in Denmark Terry Kelhawk 2011

  • There are points in the film where the band appears near collapse, such as during its battle against Ticketmaster in the mid-90's, or the Roskilde tragedy, which drummer Matt Cameron said was for him the most wrenching part of watching the film.

    Pearl Jam opens up on 20 years of rock fame Reuters 2011

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