Danʹaos.

According to the Roman de Rose, Denmark means the country of Dan’aos, who settled here with a colony after the siege of Troy, as Brutus is said by the same sort of name-legend to have settled in Britain. Saxo-German’icus, with equal absurdity, makes Dan, the son of Humble, the first king, to account for the name of the country.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Damon and Pythias
Damper (A)
Damsel
Damson
Damyan
Dan
Dan Tucker
Danace
Danaë
Danaides
Danaos
Danaw
Dance
Dance (Pyrrhic)
Dance of Death
Dances
Dances
Dancing-water (The)
Dandelion
Dander
Dandie Dinmont