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Fünen

American  
[fy-nuhn] / ˈfü nən /

noun

  1. German name of Fyn.


Funen British  
/ ˈfuːnən /

noun

  1. German name: Fünen.  Danish name: Fyn.  the second largest island of Denmark, between the Jutland peninsula and the island of Zealand. Pop: 441 795 (2003 est). Area: 3481 sq km (1344 sq miles)

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Once Brecht settled with his family on the island of Fünen, in Denmark, he set to work in a whitewashed stable.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 3, 2019

Hans Christian Andersen was born in the little town of Odense, on the island Fünen, April 2, 1805.

From Essays on Scandinavian Literature by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth

The Danes were mainly in Jutland, Fünen, and the extreme south of Scandinavia.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

The two largest islands are Fünen and Seeland, which are separated by the Great Belt, and the former from the main land by the Little Belt.

From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver

I had hurried across the heath, and over Jutland's wood-girt eastern coast, and over the Island of Fünen, and now I drove over the Great Belt, groaning and sighing.

From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)