At 18:10 -0400 2001-09-09, John Cowan wrote:
>Keld J�rn Simonsen scripsit:
>
>> Yes, foreigners call our cities many strange things:-)
>> K�benhavn is called K�penhamn, Copenhagen, Kobenhagen, Copenhague,
> > and many more.
In Iceland it is Kaupmannah�fn, I believe. In unadorned English that
would be something like Cheapmenshaven, maybe to weaken as
Cheapenhaven, in German Kaufenhagen....
-- Michael Everson
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