Δανιμαρκία

Greek

Proper noun

Δανιμαρκία • (Danimarkía) f (Katharevousa)

  1. (obsolete) Denmark
  2. used figuratively in the phrase:
    • Κάτι σάπιο υπάρχει στο βασίλειο της Δανιμαρκίας
      Something is rotten in the state of Denmark (William Shakespeare, Hamlet)

Usage notes

The word, is well remembered in the set phrase from Shakespeare's Hamlet, from historical Greek Katharevousa translations of previous centuries (e.g. by Iakovos Polylas 1825‑1896)

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