Explore Christiania through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like oslo or port. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Christiania in a sentence
Christiania meaning
- A former name of Oslo.
- A region of Copenhagen, Denmark that considers itself independent of Denmark.
Using Christiania
- The main meaning on this page is: A former name of Oslo. | A region of Copenhagen, Denmark that considers itself independent of Denmark.
- Useful related words include: oslo, capital of norway, national capital, port.
- In the example corpus, christiania often appears in combinations such as: in christiania, to christiania, christiania was.
Context around Christiania
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Christiania
- In this selection, "christiania" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, off, left, 1850, township, quartet and together stand out and add context to how "christiania" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include before this christiania had started and by the christiania quartet which. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "christiania" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with christiania
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He died in Christiania on 23 September 1896, and was buried with public honours. (14 words)
Norwegian clubs hosted competitions from 1863, with races in Christiania drawing five-digit crowds. (14 words)
In 1850, Christiania also overtook Bergen and became the most populous city in the country. (15 words)
This welcome, however, was dwarfed by the reception in Christiania a week later, when crowds of between thirty and forty thousand—a third of the city's population—thronged the streets as the party made its way to the first of a series of receptions. (45 words)
He was released from prison after a month, thanks to the intervention of Darboux. citation Lie obtained his PhD at the University of Christiania (present day Oslo ) in 1871 with a thesis entitled On a class of geometric transformations. (39 words)
While capitalism treats people and ecology as mere ‘externalities’, offsetting all sorts of harms and inequities onto them, the businesses and initiatives developed by Christiania’s residents are an integral element of the society from the very beginning. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
While capitalism treats people and ecology as mere ‘externalities’, offsetting all sorts of harms and inequities onto them, the businesses and initiatives developed by Christiania’s residents are an integral element of the society from the very beginning.
Minnesota State Patrol: 9:57 p.m. Thursday, U.S. 71 and Jackson County 21, Christiania Township, Jackson County.
The festival runs through June 10. On Saturday, May 19, the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art hosted a performance by the Christiania Quartet, which features Chris Rex, David Coucheron, Julie Coucheron and new member Julianne Lee.
Distressed, Baldur Nansen sold the Store Frøen property and moved with his two sons to Christiania.
Fleming, pp. 264–265 The homeward voyage to Christiania was a series of triumphant receptions at every port.
Grieg himself was unable to be there due to conducting commitments in Christiania (as Oslo was then named).
He demanded that all citizens should move their shops and workplaces to the newly built city of Christiania.
He died in Christiania on 23 September 1896, and was buried with public honours.
He too found no faults but still doubted that the solution, which so many outstanding mathematicians had sought for so long, could really have been found by an unknown student in far-off Christiania.
He was granted this permission, and in September 1825 he left Christiania together with four friends from university (Christian P.B Boeck, Balthazar M. Keilhau, Nicolay B. Møller and Otto Tank).
He was released from prison after a month, thanks to the intervention of Darboux. citation Lie obtained his PhD at the University of Christiania (present day Oslo ) in 1871 with a thesis entitled On a class of geometric transformations.
Ibsen went to Christiania (later renamed Kristiania and then Oslo) intending to matriculate at the university.
In 1850, Christiania also overtook Bergen and became the most populous city in the country.
Long before this, Christiania had started to establish its stature as a centre of commerce and culture in Norway.
Meetings of the Storting were held until 1866 in the main hall of the Cathedral School in Christiania (now known as Oslo ).
Norwegian clubs hosted competitions from 1863, with races in Christiania drawing five-digit crowds.
On 17 May 1905, Norway's Constitution Day, Nansen addressed a large crowd in Christiania, saying: "Now have all ways of retreat been closed.
On 9 September Fram was escorted into Christiania's harbour and welcomed by the largest crowds the city had ever seen.
This welcome, however, was dwarfed by the reception in Christiania a week later, when crowds of between thirty and forty thousand—a third of the city's population—thronged the streets as the party made its way to the first of a series of receptions.
When Christiania was made capital of Norway in 1814, there were practically no buildings suitable for the many new government institutions.
Common combinations with christiania
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in christiania 7×
- to christiania 3×
- christiania was 2×
- of christiania 2×