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Dan⋅ish

  [dey-nish]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the Danes, their country, or their language.
–noun
2. a North Germanic language, the language of Denmark, closely related to Norwegian, Swedish, and Icelandic. Abbreviation: Dan., Dan
3. (sometimes lowercase) Danish pastry.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME, alter. of Denish (by influence of Dan Dane ), OE Denisc < Gmc *danisk-; see Dane, -ish 1
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Dan·ish   (dā'nĭsh)   
adj.  Of or relating to Denmark, the Danes, their language, or their culture.
n.  
  1. The North Germanic language of the Danes.
  2. pl. Danish or Dan·ish·es A Danish pastry.

[Middle English, alteration (influenced by Old Norse Danr, Dane) of Denish, from Old English Denisc, from Dene, the Danes.]
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Danish

Dan"ish\, a. [See Dane.] Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. -- n. The language of the Danes.

Danish dog (Zo["o]l.), one of a large and powerful breed of dogs reared in Denmark; -- called also great Dane. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Danish 
O.E. Denisc "people of Denmark;" danish pastry is 1934; shortened form danish is from 1963.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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