"Oresund" meaning in English

See Oresund in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɜːsʊnd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɝsʊnd/ [General-American] Forms: Öresund [alternative], Øresund [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish Øresund, Swedish Öresund, from Old Norse Eyrarsund. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da|Øresund}} Danish Øresund, {{bor|en|sv|Öresund}} Swedish Öresund, {{der|en|non|Eyrarsund}} Old Norse Eyrarsund Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Oresund
  1. A strait in Northern Europe, which separates Denmark and Sweden. Wikipedia link: en:Oresund Categories (place): Denmark, Straits, Sweden Derived forms: Oresund Bridge Translations (strait): 厄勒海峽 /厄勒海峡 (Èlè Hǎixiá) (Chinese Mandarin), 松德海峡 (Sōngdé Hǎixiá) (Chinese Mandarin), Øresund (Danish), Sundet (note: definite form; colloquial) [neuter] (Danish), Oyrarsund [neuter] (Faroese), Juutinrauma (Finnish), Öresund [masculine] (German), Eyrarsund [neuter] (Icelandic), Øresund (Norwegian Bokmål), Øresund (Norwegian Nynorsk), ura suti (Old Norse), Sund [masculine] (Polish), Э́ресунн (Érɛsunn) [masculine] (Russian), Øresund [masculine] (Spanish), Öresund [masculine] (Spanish), Sund [masculine] (Spanish), Oresund (Swahili), Öresund (Swedish), Sundet [colloquial, neuter] (Swedish)

Alternative forms

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