Japan

From Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本 (Ji̍t-pún), from Middle Chinese 日本 (ȵiɪt̚ puən^X, literally “sun origin”).


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Bahrain

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


Belize

Borrowed from Spanish Belice (atttested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, probably from Mayan/Mopan Maya beliz (“muddy water”).


Afghanistan

Afghanistan (A landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia)


Bhutan

Probably ultimately from Tibetan བོད (bod, “Tibet”), traditionally considered to be derived via Sanskrit भोट-अन्त (bhoṭa-anta, “end of Tibet”).

Bhutan (a country in South Asia, in the Himalayas)


Argentina

From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river").


Djibouti

Djibouti (a country in East Africa)
Djibouti (the capital city of Djibouti)


Bangladesh

From Bengali বাংলাদেশ (baṅladeś), from বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengali”) + দেশ (deś, “country”).


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Nigeria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Swaziland

(historical) Swaziland (The former name of Eswatini, a country in Southern Africa)


Guatemala

/ɡʉːatɛ²mɑːla/

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Oman

Oman (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Singapore

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony)


Qatar

Qatar (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Botswana

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.


Kuwait

Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Bolivia

From Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan statesman; Bolívar's own name derives from the village of Bolibar in Spanish Biscay. Its name comes from the Basque bolu (“windmill”) and ibar (“valley”).

Simón Bolívar
Ziortza-Bolibar
sv:Bolivia


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Nauru

Nauru (a country and island in Oceania, in the Pacific Ocean)


Mauritius

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Nepal

Nepal (a country in South Asia, located between China and India)


Zimbabwe

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”), in reference to Great Zimbabwe.


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Angola

From Portuguese (Reino de) Angola (“(kingdom of) Angola”), from Kimbundu ngola, title held by native kings at the time of the Portuguese colonization in the 15th century AD.


Niger

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)


Uganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Andorra

Andorra (a microstate in Southern Europe, between Spain and France)


Anguilla

Borrowed from Latin anguilla (“eel”), from an uncertain Romance language original.

Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Israel

Israel (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)


Martinique

administrative region
administrative region

Martinique (an island, overseas department, and administrative region of France, in the Caribbean)


Brunei

Probably ultimately from Sanskrit वरुण (váruṇa), which referred to the island of Borneo (a likely cognate to Brunei).


Iran

Iran (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Aruba

Aruba (a dependent territory of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)


San Marino

San Marino (a landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy)

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Jan Mayen

Jan Mayen (an island in Norway in the Arctic Ocean)


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago in Melanesia in Oceania)


Liechtenstein

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Liechtenstein n (genitive Liechtensteins)

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Mayotte

territorial collectivity
territorial collectivity

Mayotte (an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar)


Niue

Niue (an island and country in Polynesia in Oceania, a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand)


Somalia

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Dominica

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean; capital: Castries)


Palau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

Palau (A country consisting of around 340 islands in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau n (genitive Guinea-Bissaus)

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Fiji

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Burkina Faso

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Burma

From Burmese ဗမာ (ba.ma), colloquial form of မြန်မာ (mranma).


Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico (a commonwealth, island and dependent territory of the United States in the Caribbean)


Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Benin

From Portuguese Benim, from Itsekiri Ubinu, from Yoruba ile ibinu (“house of vexation”).

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Grenada

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Barbados

From Portuguese barbados (“bearded ones”), from barba (“beard”), due to the dense hanging moss or vines in the island.

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Portugal

Portugal (a country in Southern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula)


Bermuda

From the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515. See Bermúdez.

Bermuda (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean)


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Eritrea

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Samoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


Jordan

From Old Swedish Iordan. Cognate with Old Danish Jordanus (partially latinized).

Jordan (a river in Western Asia, in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)


England

→ Finnish: Englanti

From Old Swedish England, Engeland, Engelandh.


Taiwan

Republic of China
Republic of China#English

Taiwan, Republic of China (a country in East Asia)


Georgia

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


bank

bank (indefinite nominative singular)
banks (genitive indefinite singular)
banken (definite nominative singular)
bankens (definite genitive singular)
banker (indefinite nominative plural)
bankers (genitive indefinite plural)
bankerna (definite nominative plural)
bankernas (definite genitive plural)

→ Elfdalian: baunka

→ Finnish: pankki

From Dutch bank, German Bank or Low German bank, all from Italian banco, from Old High German banc, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

a bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution)


Western Australia

Western Australia n (genitive Western Australias)

Western Australia
Western Australia#English

Western Australia (a state of Australia)


South Australia

South Australia n (genitive South Australias)


Ottawa

Ottawa (a city in Ontario, Canada; capital city of Canada)


älv

From Old Norse elfr, from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål elv, German Elbe.


Hawaii

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.


Amsterdam

Amsterdam (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; capital city of the Netherlands)


Madrid

Community of Madrid
Community of Madrid#English

autonomous community
autonomous community

Madrid, Community of Madrid (an autonomous community of Spain)

Madrid (a province of the Community of Madrid, Spain)


London

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


dal

From Old Swedish dal, from Old Norse dalr.


Aachen

From German Aachen, from Latin aquae (“waters, i.e. sources”), referring to the scared springs associated with the Celtic god Granus.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Kiev

Kyiv (The capital city of Ukraine and the administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast)


Los Angeles

Los Angeles (a large city in California, United States)


Edinburgh

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)


Turin

Turin (the capital city of Piedmont, Italy)

Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, Italy)


Frankfurt

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main (the largest city in Hesse, in central Germany)

Frankfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder (a sizable town in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany)


Tunis

Tunis (The capital city, since 1159, and largest city of Tunisia)


Barcelona

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)


Oslo

Oslo (a county and municipality, the capital city of Norway)


Jerusalem

Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)


Tokyo

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)


Hamburg

Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)

Hamburg (a state of Germany containing the city of the same name)


New York

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States)


Berlin

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)


Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Holland

Holland (a traditional region in the Netherlands formed by two modern provinces, North Holland and South Holland)

Holland, the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe)


Reykjavik

Borrowed from Icelandic Reykjavík (“bay of smokes”), equivalent to rökars + vik.


Bretagne

Brittany (an administrative region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)


Sofia

Ultimately of Ancient Greek origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1380 as Sophia.


Boden

The dative plural Bodom is attested 1543, a definite form of the plural of boden, from bod (“shed, shack”), possibly referring to shacks in the village.

A town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


berg

berg (indefinite nominative singular)
bergs (genitive indefinite singular)
berget (definite nominative singular)
bergets (definite genitive singular)
berg (indefinite nominative plural)
bergs (genitive indefinite plural)
bergen (definite nominative plural)
bergens (definite genitive plural)

Standard Swedish; not Småland and Scania

From Old Norse bjarg, berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-.

De besteg berget


Gotland

From Old Norse goti + land, "Gute-land." The first element is from Proto-Germanic *gutô, whence Goth.


Öland

By surface analysis, ö + land.
Debated origin.
* Either inherited from Old Swedish øland (“island”), then cognate with English island.
* Or compound of ø (“island”) + land (“land; province”), in the sense "the land of the island". Compare with Södermanland.
Earliest known form attested since 1283 as Medieval Latin Ølandia.

ref

SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 387, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Ryssland

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Kongo

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a large river in Africa, which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of Congo)


Bratislava

Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


nor

nor (indefinite nominative singular)
nors (genitive indefinite singular)
noret (definite nominative singular)
norets (definite genitive singular)
nor (indefinite nominative plural)
nors (genitive indefinite plural)
noren (definite nominative plural)
norens (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Swedish nor, from Proto-Germanic *narwaz. Cognate with English narrow.


Zürich

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


Bern

Bern (the capital city of Switzerland; capital city of Bern canton)


Svartån

svart (“black”) + å (“river”) + -n (“the”)

af

the name of several streams or smaller rivers in different places in Sweden and Finland


Avesta

Originally known as Åvsta. Compound of ave (“widening of a river”) + stad (“town”).

A town and municipality of Dalecarlia County, in central Sweden


golf

golf (indefinite nominative singular)
golfs (genitive indefinite singular)
golfen (definite nominative singular)
golfens (definite genitive singular)
golfer (indefinite nominative plural)
golfers (genitive indefinite plural)
golferna (definite nominative plural)
golfernas (definite genitive plural)

Mexikanska golfen


Linköping

/ˈlɪnːˌɕøːpɪŋ/

From ljung (“heather”) + köping (“market town”).

com

Linköping, a city in Sweden, in the province Östergötland.


Milano

Milan (the capital city of Lombardy, Italy)

Milan (a metropolitan city of Lombardy, Italy)


strand

From Old Swedish strand, from Old Norse strǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *strandō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt-.

Gläns över sjö och strand, stjärna ur fjärran. Du som i Österland tändes av Herran.

1891, “Betlehems stjärna (Gläns över sjö och strand) [Star of Betlehem (Shine over sea [most likely in this context, though unusual – see sjö (“lake; sea”)] and shore [Maybe to be understood as "land and sea/water"])]”, Viktor Rydberg (lyrics), Alice Tegnér (music):

Shine over sea and shore, star from [out of] afar. You who in the East ["East-land" – the Orient] were lit by the Lord.


Indonesien

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


å

From two a’s written on top of each other; compare ä and ö.

The third to last letter of the Swedish alphabet, called å and written in the Latin script.


Norge

Norway (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Oslo)


holm

From Proto-Germanic *hulmaz (see holme). Cognate with Old Norse holmr, Icelandic hólmur, Old Church Slavonic хлъмъ (xlŭmŭ).

islet (especially nearby river or mainland)


Europa

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).

Europe, the westernmost part of the Eurasian continent, north of Africa and west of Asia


fjord

From Old Swedish fiordher, from Old Norse fjǫrðr, from Proto-Norse *ᚠᛖᚱᚦᚢᛉ (*ferþuʀ), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Doublet of fjärd.


Zaire

(historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


meander

meander (indefinite nominative singular)
meanders (genitive indefinite singular)
meandern (definite nominative singular)
meanderns (definite genitive singular)
meander (indefinite nominative plural)
meanders (genitive indefinite plural)
meanderna (definite nominative plural)
meandernas (definite genitive plural)

From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).


Sverige

From svea (“of the Swedes”) + rike (“realm”). From Old Swedish Sverghe, Sverighe, Sverike, Sværike. Doublet of Svea rike.

Sverige är ett land som ligger på Skandinaviska halvön i Nordeuropa

Sweden is a country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe

Sverige gränsar till Norge i väster, Finland i öster och Danmark i söder

Sweden borders Norway to the west, Finland to the east, and Denmark to the south

Sweden (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Stockholm)


Mexico City

Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)


Belgien

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Albanien

From Middle French Albanien, from Old French Albanie (“Albania”), from Medieval Latin Albania, from Vulgar Latin Albanus (“Albanian”), from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί (Albanoí, “a southern Illyrian tribe”).

der

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Armenien

From Latin Armenia, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμενία (Armenía) (early 5th century BC), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (a-r-mi-i-n /Armina/) (late 6th century BC); see it for more. The Old Persian name is an exonym: see հայ (hay) for the native name.

Armenia (A country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)


Australien

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Gibraltar

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


flod

flod (indefinite nominative singular)
flods (genitive indefinite singular)
floden (definite nominative singular)
flodens (definite genitive singular)
floder (indefinite nominative plural)
floders (genitive indefinite plural)
floderna (definite nominative plural)
flodernas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōduz, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₃tus. Compare Danish flod, Icelandic flóð, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.


Alaska

Borrowed from English Alaska. From Aleut alaxsxaq (“that toward which the action of the sea is directed”).


Irak

Iraq (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Washington

Washington (a state of the United States)

Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.#English

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


Tyskland

Compound of tysk (“German”) + land (“land”), where tysk share the same origin as English Teuton.
Compare Danish, Norwegian Tyskland, German Deutschland and Dutch Duitsland.

com+

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


Katalonien

Catalonia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Österrike

Calque of German Österreich, equivalent to öster (“east”) + rike (“realm, kingdom, country”).


Centralafrikanska republiken

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Centralafrikanska republiken n (genitive Centralafrikanska republikens)

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


Brasilien

From Portuguese Brasil, from brasil (“brazilwood”), originally ‘red like an ember’, from brasa (“ember”).

Brasília är huvudstaden i Brasilien.
Brasília is the capital of Brazil.

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Algeriet

From French Algérie, from Arabic اَلْجَزَائِر (al-jazāʔir, “the islands”).

der

اَلْجَزَائِر


Vitryssland

From vit (“white”) + Ryssland (“Russia”), a calque of Belarusian Белару́сь (Bjelarúsʹ). Cognate with Danish Hviderusland, Faroese Hvítarussland, Norwegian Bokmål Hviterussland, Norwegian Nynorsk Kviterussland, Icelandic Hvíta-Rússland, German Weißrussland, Dutch Wit-Rusland, Afrikaans Wit-Rusland, English White Russia, Limburgish Wit-Rusland, Alemannic German Wiissrussland, among others.


Spanien

Många svenskar åker på semester till Spanien

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


Bulgarien

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Kroatien

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Antarktis

From New Latin Antarctica, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντ- (ant-, “ant-, against, opposed”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”), from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).


Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires (the capital city of Argentina)


Frankrike

From Middle Low German Frankrīke, from Old Saxon *Frankrīki. The name is a compound of Proto-West Germanic *frankō (“a Frank”) and *rīkī (“kingdom”).
Equivalent to franker (“the Franks”) + rike (“realm”). Compare Danish Frankrig, Dutch Frankrijk, German Frankreich.


Köln

Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)


Slovenien

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


sjö

sjö (indefinite nominative singular)
sjös (genitive indefinite singular)
sjön (definite nominative singular)
sjöns (definite genitive singular)
sjöar (indefinite nominative plural)
sjöars (genitive indefinite plural)
sjöarna (definite nominative plural)
sjöarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish siœr, from Old Norse sær, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz. Cognate with English sea.

ocean

very large body of water, such as the Atlantic

Östersjön


Peking

Beijing, Peking (a direct-administered municipality, the capital city of China)


Boo

A community of Nacka, Stockholm, central Sweden.


Ed

From ed (“isthmus”), referring to the isthmus between Stora Le and Lilla Le which the town is situated on.

A town in Dals-Ed municipality, Västra Götaland county, Sweden.


Esse

A former municipality in Ostrobothnia region, Finland.


Island

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)


Amerika

America (the continents of North America and South America)

United States of America
United States of America#English

(sometimes proscribed) United States of America (a country in North America)


Montenegro

Montenegro (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Kuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Moskva

Moscow (a federal city, the capital of Russia)


Stare

A småort in Skee socken, Strömstad Municipality, Bohuslän Province, Västra Götaland County, Götaland, Sweden


backe

From Old Norse bakki (“bank”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.


Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)


Seattle

När det regnar i Seattle dör silverlaxar i bäckarna runt stan.

2020 December, Caroline Bèchade, “Ny forskning: Bildäck dödar laxar [New research: Car tires kill salmon]”, in SVT Nyheter [SVT News]:

When it rains in Seattle, silver salmon die in the small streams around the city.

Seattle (a city in Washington, United States)


Ystad

From an Old Swedish compound whose second element is equivalent to modern stad (“city”); the first one may be a cognate of English yew, from Proto-Germanic *īwaz, *īhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-.


Hongkong

Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)


Balkan

Balkan Peninsula (a peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Luleå

Luleå (a city and municipality, the capital of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden)


Kiruna

From Finnish Kiiruna, clipping of Northern Sami Gironvárris (“ptarmigan mountain”), a mining mountain near the city which it was named after when it was founded. Giron was Finnishized to Kiiruna, which was Swedishized to Kiruna.

der

Kiruna (a town and municipality of Lapland, in northern Sweden)


Bagdad

Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq)
Baghdad (a governorate of Iraq)


Irland

→ Finnish: Irlanti


Ukraina

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


Warszawa

[va̠ɹˈʂɑ̂ːvâ̠]

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Warszawa, from Old Polish. See there for more.


Jemen

Yemen (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Grönland

From Old Norse Grœnland (“Greenland”); corresponds to grön (“green”) + land (“land, country”).

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


Trinidad och Tobago

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Trinidad och Tobago n (genitive Trinidad och Tobagos)

LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Trinidad och Tobago.wav

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands in the Caribbean)


Dominikanska republiken

Dominikanska republiken n (genitive Dominikanska republikens)

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Marshallöarna

Marshallöarna n (genitive Marshallöarnas)

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Julön

jul (“Christmas”) + ö (“island”) + -n (“the”)


Wallis och Futuna

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Wallis och Futuna n (genitive Wallis och Futunas)


Danmark

From Old Norse Danmǫrk, from Old East Norse ᛏᛅᚾᛘᛅᚢᚱᚴ (tanmaurk) ("Mark of the Danes", "land of the Danes").

Vi åkte över Öresundsbron till Danmark
We crossed the Øresund Bridge to Denmark

Köpenhamn är Danmarks huvudstad


Amerikas förenta stater

Amerikas förenta stater n (genitive Amerikas förenta staters)

(formal) United States of America (a country in North America)


Cypern

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Förenade Arabemiraten

Förenade Arabemiraten n (genitive Förenade Arabemiratens)

Förenade arabemiraten
Förenade arabemiraten#Swedish

Misspelling of Förenade arabemiraten (“United Arab Emirates”).


Maldiverna

Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)


Egypten

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Comorerna

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Rare spelling of Komorerna.: Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Norden

Nordic countries
Nordic countries#English

Nordic countries (a group of countries in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland along with their dependencies (sometimes excluding Greenland))


Östtimor

East Timor (a country in Southeast Asia occupying half the island of Timor)


Georgien

Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)


Jordanien

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Amerikanska Jungfruöarna

Amerikanska Jungfruöarna c pl (genitive Amerikanska Jungfruöarnas)

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands


Amerikanska Samoa

Amerikanska Samoa n (genitive Amerikanska Samoas)

American Samoa (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in Polynesia)


Antigua och Barbuda

Antigua och Barbuda n (genitive Antigua och Barbudas)

LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Antigua och Barbuda.wav

Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English

Antigua and Barbuda (a country in the Caribbean)


kontinent

kontinent (indefinite nominative singular)
kontinents (genitive indefinite singular)
kontinenten (definite nominative singular)
kontinentens (definite genitive singular)
kontinenter (indefinite nominative plural)
kontinenters (genitive indefinite plural)
kontinenterna (definite nominative plural)
kontinenternas (definite genitive plural)

(geology) continent; a large contiguous landmass


Azerbajdzjan

Borrowed from Russian, as evidenced by the spelling of the word reflecting the transliteration of Russian Азербайджан (Azerbajdžan); the Russian ж (ž) is transliterated as ⟨zj⟩ in Swedish. From Persian آذربایجان (Âzarbâyjân), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀτροπατηνή (Atropatēnḗ). See English Azerbaijan for more.

transliteration

Azerbaijan (a country in the South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)

Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran)


Vatikanstaten

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Vatikanstaten c (genitive Vatikanstatens)

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Bosnien och Hercegovina

Bosnien och Hercegovina n (genitive Bosnien och Hercegovinas)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Madagaskar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Bosnien-Hercegovina

Bosnien-Hercegovina n (genitive Bosnien-Hercegovinas)


Libanon

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Bouvetön

Bouvet Island (an uninhabited volcanic island and dependent territory of Norway in the South Atlantic Ocean)


Luxemburg

Luxembourg (a small country in Western Europe)

Luxembourg (a province of Wallonia, Belgium)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg City (the capital city of Luxembourg)

Luxembourg (One of the twelve cantons of the country of Luxembourg, which includes its capital city)


Brittiska Jungfruöarna

Brittiska Jungfruöarna c pl (genitive Brittiska Jungfruöarnas)

British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands#English

British Virgin Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean)


Caymanöarna

Cayman Islands (three islands constituting an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea)


Cooköarna

Cook Islands
Cook Islands#English:_Q26988

Cook Islands (An archipelago and self-governing country in Oceania, in free association with New Zealand)


Elfenbenskusten

Elfenbenskusten n (genitive Elfenbenskustens)

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Ekvatorialguinea

Ekvatorialguinea n (genitive Ekvatorialguineas)

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Falklandsöarna

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands#English:_Q9648

Falkland Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic)


Filippinerna

(the) Philippines (a country in Southeast Asia)


Franska Guyana

Franska Guyana n (genitive Franska Guyanas)

French Guiana
French Guiana#English:_Q3769

administrative region
administrative region

French Guiana (an overseas department and administrative region of France in South America)


Franska Polynesien

Franska Polynesien n (genitive Franska Polynesiens)


Grekland

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


bäck

From Old Swedish bækker, from Old Norse bekkr, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog-. Compare English beck


Kap Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Kirgizistan

Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China)


Kristianstad

Kristianstad (a city in north-eastern Scania, southern Sweden)


Sandefjord

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian Sandefjord.

ubor

A town and municipality of Vestfold, Norway.


Lund

Lund (a city and municipality of Skåne County, in southern Sweden)


Tromsø

Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark#English

Tromsø (a city and municipality of Troms og Finnmark, Norway)


Preussen

preussisk

also preusk, prusk, prysk, pryske, pryssisk


Mikronesien

Micronesia (a geographical region of Oceania)

Micronesia (A country consisting of about 2000 islands in Oceania)


Moçambique

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Nederländska Antillerna

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Nederländska Antillerna n (genitive Nederländska Antillernas)

Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles


Nordirland

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

Northern Ireland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom; capital: Belfast)


Kosovo

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Kosovo (A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Nya Kaledonien

New Caledonia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)


Antwerpen

Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)


Nya Zeeland

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Papua Nya Guinea

LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Papua Nya Guinea.wav

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English:_Q691


Pitcairnöarna

Pitcairn Islands
Pitcairn Islands#English

Pitcairn Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the southern Pacific Ocean)


Gråbo

A locality in Lerum, Sweden, 30km north east of Gothenburg.


sump

→ Finnish: sumppu

From Middle Low German sump and German Sumpf. Probably a doublet of sopp and svamp.


Elsass

Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)


Prag

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


kap

From Old French cap, from Provençal, ultimately from Latin caput (“head”).


träsk

träsk (indefinite nominative singular)
träsks (genitive indefinite singular)
träsket (definite nominative singular)
träskets (definite genitive singular)
träsk (indefinite nominative plural)
träsks (genitive indefinite plural)
träsken (definite nominative plural)
träskens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish þræsk (compare traska), of onomatopoeic origin.

(regional, also in many place names) lake


Mora

A town and municipality of Dalarna County, in central Sweden


Lyon

Lyon, Lyons (the capital city of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)


Nora

A town in Västmanland, in central Sweden


Göteborg

From göt (“Geat”) + borg (“fortified castle or city”).


oas

oas (indefinite nominative singular)
oas (genitive indefinite singular)
oasen (definite nominative singular)
oasens (definite genitive singular)
oaser (indefinite nominative plural)
oasers (genitive indefinite plural)
oaserna (definite nominative plural)
oasernas (definite genitive plural)

Derived from Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis). Cognate of German Oase, English and French oasis.


Kalifornien

Borrowed from English California, from Spanish California.

California (a state of the United States)


Normandie

Normandy (an administrative region, historical province, and medieval kingdom in northwest France, on the English Channel)


hav

hav (indefinite nominative singular)
havs (genitive indefinite singular)
havet (definite nominative singular)
havets (definite genitive singular)
hav (indefinite nominative plural)
havs (genitive indefinite plural)
haven (definite nominative plural)
havens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish haf, in turn inherited from Old Norse haf, from Proto-Germanic *habą, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-.

segla på havet

I ett hav finns det mycket vatten


sund

sund (indefinite nominative singular)
sunds (genitive indefinite singular)
sundet (definite nominative singular)
sundets (definite genitive singular)
sund (indefinite nominative plural)
sunds (genitive indefinite plural)
sunden (definite nominative plural)
sundens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse sund, from Proto-Germanic *sundą, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥tóm.

Gibraltar sund

(geography) a strait, a sound (relatively narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water at the same level, or going between an island and the mainland or between two islands)


Lübeck

Lübeck (a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Malmö

From Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Gravelly/Sandy Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“gravel, sand”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin. The area originally referenced in the name has not been identified.

quote-book

Svenskt
ortnamnslexikon

2016, Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore, Department of Nordic Languages at Uppsala University, Svenskt
ortnamnslexikon, page 207:
Stadens namn är en ursprunglig sammansättning med → hög i efterleden och dialektordet malm 'sand, grus; sandig eller grusig mark' i förleden. Det avsedda området kan idag inte utpekas.
The city's name is an original compound with → hög in the second part and the dialect word malm, meaning 'sand, gravel; sandy or gravelly ground,' in the first part. The intended area cannot be identified today.

sv:Språkvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Uppsala universitet


Düsseldorf

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Düsseldorf (the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)


Sevilla

From Spanish Sevilla, from Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya), from Latin Hispalis, ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “plain, valley”).

der

إِشْبِيلِيَة

Arabic إِشْبِيلِيَة (ʔišbīliya)

Seville (the capital city of Andalusia, Spain)


Skandinavien

Scandinavia; the countries of Denmark (excluding the Faroe Islands and Greenland), Norway and Sweden.


ström

From Old Swedish strömber, from Old Norse straumr, from Proto-Germanic *straumaz, from Proto-Indo-European *srówmos, from *srew- (“to flow”).

stream; any steady flow or succession of material, such as water, air, radio signal or words


Västmanland

Västmanland (a historical province in central Sweden, located in the middle of the country somewhat west of Stockholm)


Helsingfors

→ Dutch: Elsenfors

[hɛlsɪŋˈfɔʂː]

From Helsinge fors (literally “Helsinge rapids”), the original name of the rapids (now called Gammelstadsforsen) around which the city was founded. The initial part is probably derived from hals and can be compared to the initial part of Hälsingland and Helsingborg (also spelled Hälsingborg in the past).


Indiska oceanen

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Indiska oceanen c (genitive Indiska oceanens)


Östersjön

Compound of öster (“eastern”) + sjö (“sea”).
From Old Norse Austrsjór.


Södra ishavet

Södra ishavet c (genitive Södra ishavets)


Norra ishavet

Norra ishavet n (genitive Norra ishavets)


Arktiska havet

Arktisk havet n (genitive Arktiska havets)

Arktisk havet (canonical neuter)
Arktiska havets (genitive)


Södra oceanen

Södra oceanen c (genitive Södra oceanens)


Köpenhamn

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Uppsala

desc

→ Arabic: أُوبْسَالَا (ʔūbsālā)

→ Arabic: أُوبْسَالَا (ʔūbsālā)

→ Armenian: Ուփսալա (Upʻsala)

→ Azerbaijani: Uppsala

→ English: Uppsala

→ Esperanto: Upsalo

→ Estonian: Uppsala

→ Finnish: Upsala, Uppsala

→ French: Uppsala

→ Georgian: უფსალა (upsala), უპსალა (uṗsala)

→ German: Uppsala

→ Greek: Ουψάλα (Oupsála)

→ Hebrew: אוּפְּסָלָה (Upsála)

→ Hindi: उप्साला (upsālā)

→ Inuktitut: ᐆᑉᓴᓚ (oopsala)

→ Italian: Uppsala

→ Japanese: ウプサラ (Upusara)

→ Korean: 웁살라 (Upsalla)

→ Latin: Upsālia (New Latin)

→ Latvian: Upsāla

→ Lithuanian: Upsala

→ Macedonian: У́псала (Úpsala)

→ Mandarin: 烏普薩拉 /乌普萨拉, 乌普萨拉 (Wūpǔsàlā)

→ Mandarin: 烏普薩拉 /乌普萨拉, 乌普萨拉 (Wūpǔsàlā)

→ Marathi: उप्साला (upsālā)

→ Mongolian: Өпсала (Öpsala)

→ Ossetian: Уппса́лӕ (Uppsálæ)

→ Persian: اوپسالا (upsâlâ)

→ Polish: Uppsala

→ Portuguese: Uppsala, Upsala

→ Russian: У́псала (Úpsala), Упса́ла (Upsála), У́ппсала (Úppsala), Уппса́ла (Uppsála)

→ Spanish: Upsala

→ Tamil: உப்சாலா (upcālā)

→ Thai: อุปซอลา (ùp-sɔɔ-laa)

→ Ukrainian: Уппса́ла (Uppsála)

→ Veps: Uppsal

→ Yiddish: אופּסאַלאַ (upsala)

/ˈɵpːˌsɑːla/

From Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr); equivalent to Swedish upp + salar.

com

plural of <i class="Latn mention" lang="non">salr</i>

Uppsala (a city in eastern central Sweden)


Korsika

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Provence

Borrowed from French Provence, from Occitan Provença, from Latin prōvincia.


hed

From Old Swedish heþ, from Old Norse heiðr, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī, from Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt-.


vulkan

vulkan (indefinite nominative singular)
vulkans (genitive indefinite singular)
vulkanen (definite nominative singular)
vulkanens (definite genitive singular)
vulkaner (indefinite nominative plural)
vulkaners (genitive indefinite plural)
vulkanerna (definite nominative plural)
vulkanernas (definite genitive plural)


Genua

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)

Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)


nunatak

nunatak (indefinite nominative singular)
nunataks (genitive indefinite singular)
nunataken (definite nominative singular)
nunatakens (definite genitive singular)
nunataker (indefinite nominative plural)
nunatakers (genitive indefinite plural)
nunatakerna (definite nominative plural)
nunatakernas (definite genitive plural)


Bornholm

Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)


Tornedalen

[ˈtʰoə̯ɳəˌdɑːlən]

Torne Valley (the valley around river Torne, at the border of Sweden and Finland)


halvö

halvö (indefinite nominative singular)
halvös (genitive indefinite singular)
halvön (definite nominative singular)
halvöns (definite genitive singular)
halvöar (indefinite nominative plural)
halvöars (genitive indefinite plural)
halvöarna (definite nominative plural)
halvöarnas (definite genitive plural)

halv- (“semi-, half”) + ö (“island”). Compare Danish halvø, Faroese hálvoyggj and Norwegian halvøy.


Haag

The Hague (a city, the administrative capital of the Netherlands)


Baskien

Borrowed from French basque (“Basque”), from Latin Vascō, Vascōnēs pl, a Roman era tribe in the Franco-Cantabrian region of southern Europe who were ancestors of the current Basque population.

Basque Country (region in northern Spain and southwestern France)

autonomous community
autonomous community

Basque Country (an autonomous community of Spain)


källa

källa (indefinite nominative singular)
källas (genitive indefinite singular)
källan (definite nominative singular)
källans (definite genitive singular)
källor (indefinite nominative plural)
källors (genitive indefinite plural)
källorna (definite nominative plural)
källornas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish kælda, from Old Norse kelda.

Källvatten tas från en källa

a spring (where groundwater naturally emerges)


klippa

klippa (indefinite nominative singular)
klippas (genitive indefinite singular)
klippan (definite nominative singular)
klippans (definite genitive singular)
klippor (indefinite nominative plural)
klippors (genitive indefinite plural)
klipporna (definite nominative plural)
klippornas (definite genitive plural)

Segla mot klipporna där borta

en brant klippa
a steep cliff/rock (depending on context – describes both images)

a cliff, a rock (a cliff, or a rock formation with a cliff or cliffs (a steep rock formation, put differently) – compare how "up on the cliff" makes sense for not being on the actual cliff in English)


klippa

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klippa (present klipper, preterite klippte, supine klippt, imperative klipp)

klipper (present)
klippte (preterite)
klippt (supine)
klipp (imperative)
klippa (active infinitive)
klippas (infinitive passive)
klippt (active supine)
klippts (passive supine)
klipp (active imperative)
klippen (active archaic imperative plural)
klipper (active indicative present)
klippte (active indicative past)
klipps (indicative passive present)
klippes (indicative passive present)
klipptes (indicative passive past)
klippa (active archaic indicative plural present)
klippte (active archaic indicative past plural)
klippas (archaic indicative passive plural present)
klipptes (archaic indicative passive past plural)
klippe (active dated present subjunctive)
klippte (active dated past subjunctive)
klippes (dated passive present subjunctive)
klipptes (dated passive past subjunctive)
klippande (participle present)
klippt (participle past)

Jag ska klippa mig imorgon

Jag ska klippa pottfrisyr

I will get a bowl cut / I will give someone a bowl cut (ambiguous, though the first reading is more likely)

to cut with scissors, shears, or the like (cut with two blades or the like in a snipping motion), to clip

(reflexive) to get a haircut (done by someone else or oneself)


Viborg

From vi (“sanctuary, sacred area”) + borg (“fortress, castle; city”), from Old Norse vé + borg via Old Swedish borgh.


Vänern

Inherited from Old Norse Vænir, probably related to Old Norse vænn (“promising”).


Asien

Asien är världens största kontinent och har 4,432 miljarder invånare

Asia is the world's largest continent and has 4.432 billion inhabitants


Haparanda

From Finnish Haaparanta, meaning aspen strand.

a town and municipality in northern Sweden at the border against Finland. Known locally and in Finland also by its Finnish name Haaparanta


Brahestad

From the surname of Per Brahe the Younger + stad. Compare the surname Brahe.


Uleåborg

/ʉːlɛɔˈbɔrj/

Compound of Ule (name of a river) + å (river) + borg (castle)

North Ostrobothnia
North Ostrobothnia#English

Oulu (a city in North Ostrobothnia, Finland)


Vasa

From vase (“sheaf”) from Old Norse vasi, probably from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to produce”) (cf Lithuanian vaĩsius (“fruit”). The Vasa coat of arms featured a sheaf. See also vasi.


München

Munich (the capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany)


kulle

From Old Norse kollr, from Proto-Germanic *kullaz.

Det växer träd uppe på kullen

backen på sidan av kullen


Donau

Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)


Schweiz

Folk blandar ofta ihop Sverige med Schweiz

People often mix up Sweden and Switzerland

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Antarktiska oceanen

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Antarktiska oceanen c (genitive Antarktiska oceanens)


Tunisien

– Vilket land har sämst skridskoåkning? – Jag vet inte, berätta. – Tunisien!
– Which country is the worst for ice skating? – I don't know, tell me. – Tunisia!

"tunn is igen" = "thin ice again," pronounced the same


Venedig

Venice (the capital city of Veneto, Italy)

Venice (a metropolitan city of Veneto, Italy)


Syrien

Syria (a country in West Asia, in the Middle East)


Kazakstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Kongo-Kinshasa

Kongo-Kinshasa n (genitive Kongo-Kinshasas)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Republiken Kongo

Republiken Kongo n (genitive Republiken Kongos)

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English:_Q971

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Kongo-Brazzaville

Kongo-Brazzaville n (genitive Kongo-Brazzavilles)

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Tjeckien

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


Visby

→ English: Visby

Ultimately from Old Norse vé (“[pagan] sanctuary”) + býr (“town”). By surface analysis, vi + by.

Visby ringmur

Visby (a city on the west coast of Gotland, Sweden)


damm

From Old Swedish damber, dampn, from Old Norse dammr, from Proto-Germanic *dammaz.


Saint Christopher och Nevis

Saint Christopher och Nevis n (genitive Saint Christopher och Nevis)

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#English

Saint Kitts and Nevis (a country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean)


näs

näs (indefinite nominative singular)
näs (genitive indefinite singular)
näset (definite nominative singular)
näsets (definite genitive singular)
näs (indefinite nominative plural)
näs (genitive indefinite plural)
näsen (definite nominative plural)
näsens (definite genitive plural)

From Proto-Germanic *nasją (“foothill; headland, cape”). Cognate with English ness; etymologically connected with nose.


ås

From Old Norse áss, from Proto-Germanic *ansaz.

a ridge (long, narrow, not too tall elevation in the landscape)


Dorotea

A town and municipality of Västerbotten County, Lappland Region, in northern Sweden


Mexikanska golfen

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Mexikanska golfen c (genitive Mexikanska golfens)


kust

kust (indefinite nominative singular)
kusts (genitive indefinite singular)
kusten (definite nominative singular)
kustens (definite genitive singular)
kuster (indefinite nominative plural)
kusters (genitive indefinite plural)
kusterna (definite nominative plural)
kusternas (definite genitive plural)


Tasmanien

Tasmania (an island and state of Australia)


Bosnien

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Bosnia (region consisting of the northern three-fourths of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

(informal) Bosnia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country in Southeast Europe)


Konstantinopel

Konstantinopel n (genitive Konstantinopels)

Constantinople (the city now named Istanbul)


Serbien

Serbia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Arild

Name sense: Ultimately genitive form of Arvid, later transformed.
Locality sense: Ultimately named after Saint Arild. First known as Danish Hellij Aruitz leije (“Holy Arild's Fishing Village”) in 1524, and Danish hellige Arrildz leye in 1556.
Up to late 19th century locally known as Arildsläge; by surface analysis, Arilds (“Arild's”) + läge (“fishing village”), or shortned to Läget (“the fishing village”). During late 19th century officially named Arild.

ref

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), pages 24–25, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

A village in Brunnby parish, Höganäs municipality, Skåne county, Sweden.


Sardinien

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


vik

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō.

Persiska viken

more vik-shaped compared to Mexikanska golfen ()

en mysig liten vik

en skyddad vik

(geography) a bay, an inlet, (in the British sense) a creek (a (relatively long and narrow) inlet from the sea or a lake, as might instead and more specifically be called a fjord (“fjord”) if surrounded by cliffs (and substantially long))

a cove (when a small, sheltered vik – see also bukt)

a gulf (when shaped like a vik, especially in the names of some gulfs that are shaped more or less like a vik)

Vi bor längst in i viken

segla in i viken

simma över viken

Det bor några vikingar i viken

There are some Vikings living in the bay/creek (possibly though controversially related)


Flo

Attested in 1305 as Flo, name of a church village, probably containing the element flo(e) (“small body of water, pool, marsh”), from Old Norse flōi (“marsh, swamp”), from Proto-Germanic *flōduz (“river”).


kanal

kanal (indefinite nominative singular)
kanals (genitive indefinite singular)
kanalen (definite nominative singular)
kanalens (definite genitive singular)
kanaler (indefinite nominative plural)
kanalers (genitive indefinite plural)
kanalerna (definite nominative plural)
kanalernas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: kanaali

a channel (used in the names of some natural, relatively narrow waterways, for example "Engelska kanalen" (the English Channel))


Storbritannien

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Storbritannien n (genitive Storbritanniens)


hamn

From Old Swedish hamn, hampn, from Old Norse hǫfn, from Proto-Germanic *habnō.

Så se på mig. Åhå, en hamn i stormen. Som en våg, som fötts att bära dig.

1995, “Se på mig [Look at me]”, Ingela "Pling" Forsman, Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist (music)performed by Jan Johansen:

So look at me. Oh-ho, a harbor in the storm. Like a wave, born [that has been born] to carry you.

a harbor, a haven (place or circumstance providing security)


Sydafrika

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Nederländerna

Nederländerna n (genitive Nederländernas)

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


Skottland

Scotland (country in northwest Europe to the north of England)


Novgorod

Borrowed from Russian Новгород (Novgorod). Replaced the older form Nougård

bor+

Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Novgorod Oblast, Russia)


Amur

Amur (long river forming the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China)


Sovjetunionen

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Sovjetunionen c (genitive Sovjetunionens)

Sovjet (“Soviet”) + union (“union”) + -en (definite)


glaciär

glaciär (indefinite nominative singular)
glaciärs (genitive indefinite singular)
glaciären (definite nominative singular)
glaciärens (definite genitive singular)
glaciärer (indefinite nominative plural)
glaciärers (genitive indefinite plural)
glaciärerna (definite nominative plural)
glaciärernas (definite genitive plural)

glacier (a large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill)


Karthago

Carthage (an ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia)

Carthage (an ancient civilisation in North Africa, centred on the city of Carthage)


Österbotten

English: Ostrobothnia

From öster (“eastern”) + botten (“bottom, basin”).

compound

Ostrobothnia, Swedish & Finnish province


Turkiet

Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


Mesopotamien

Mesopotamia (an ancient civilisation in the Middle East, between Tigris and Euphrates, mainly in modern Iraq)


Tjeckoslovakien

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Tjeckoslovakien n (genitive Tjeckoslovakiens)


Pskov

Pskov (a city, the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia)


Burgund

administrative region
administrative region

Burgundy (a region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté)

Burgundy (An early-medieval kingdom and later former duchy in France and the Netherlands)


Tjetjenien

Chechnya (a republic of the northern Caucasus of Russia; capital: Grozny)


Andalusien

Andalusia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Norrköping

/²nɔrːˌɕøːpɪŋ/

A city in Östergötland, eastern Sweden, the tenth-largest city in Sweden.


Helsingborg

Helsingborg, a city in southwestern Sweden, located in the province of Skåne. The eighth-largest city in Sweden.


Örebro

By surface analysis, ör + bro. First part cognate with either Icelandic eyrr or aurr.

A town, county, and municipality of Sweden, a city in south-central Sweden, located in the province of Närke. The sixth-largest city in Sweden.


Jönköping

/ˈjœnˌɕøːpɪŋ/

From Old Swedish Junakøpunger, from Junabækker (“stream or brook of ?”) + køpunger.


Västerås

Västerås, a city on Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland. The fifth-largest city in Sweden.


Saudiarabien

Saudi Arabia (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Ligurien

Liguria (an administrative region of northwest Italy)


Sicilien

Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


platå

platå (indefinite nominative singular)
platås (genitive indefinite singular)
platån (definite nominative singular)
platåns (definite genitive singular)
platåer (indefinite nominative plural)
platåers (genitive indefinite plural)
platåerna (definite nominative plural)
platåernas (definite genitive plural)


Västsahara

Western Sahara
Western Sahara#English:_Q6250

Western Sahara (A territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa, now mostly occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the territory)


Söul

Borrowed from Korean 서울 (Seoul, literally “capital city”).


Gazaremsan

Gaza Strip (A region in Palestine between Egypt and Israel)


Sydshetlandsöarna

South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands


Stalingrad

(historical) Stalingrad (The former name, 1925-1961, of Volgograd, a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle)


ö

Ö (uppercase)
ö (indefinite nominative singular)
ös (genitive indefinite singular)
öet (definite nominative singular)
öets (definite genitive singular)
ön (indefinite nominative plural)
öns (genitive indefinite plural)
öna (definite nominative plural)
önas (definite genitive plural)

Det är två ön i "Höör".
There are two ö in "Höör".

The last letter of the Swedish alphabet, pronounced /øː/ when long, /œ/ when short, [œ̞ː] when long and before r, and [œ̞] when short and before r.


ö

ö (indefinite nominative singular)
ös (genitive indefinite singular)
ön (definite nominative singular)
öns (definite genitive singular)
öar (indefinite nominative plural)
öars (genitive indefinite plural)
öarna (definite nominative plural)
öarnas (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Swedish ø, from Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with Swedish å (“stream”).

Gotland är den största ön i Östersjön.

Gotland is the largest island in the Baltic Sea.

They contain round archipelagoes of romantic isles, even as the Polynesian waters do;

1943 [1851], Herman Melville, translated by Hugo Hultenberg, Moby Dick eller Den vita valen, translation of Moby-Dick:

island, isle (piece of land surrounded by water)


Shetlandsöarna

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Shetlandsöarna ? (genitive Shetlandsöarnas)


Nordmarianerna

Northern Marianas
Northern Marianas#English

Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands#English

Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States in the Pacific Ocean)


Umbrien

Umbria (an administrative region in central Italy)


lagun

lagun (indefinite nominative singular)
laguns (genitive indefinite singular)
lagunen (definite nominative singular)
lagunens (definite genitive singular)
laguner (indefinite nominative plural)
laguners (genitive indefinite plural)
lagunerna (definite nominative plural)
lagunernas (definite genitive plural)

From French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna "pond, hole", from lacus "pond, lake".


bukt

bukt (indefinite nominative singular)
bukts (genitive indefinite singular)
bukten (definite nominative singular)
buktens (definite genitive singular)
bukter (indefinite nominative plural)
bukters (genitive indefinite plural)
bukterna (definite nominative plural)
bukternas (definite genitive plural)

(geography) a broad, smoothly curved indentation in a coastline; a bay, a gulf, a bight

en skyddad bukt

a cove (when a sheltered bukt – see also vik)

a more or less circular bend (in a trajectory or something long and narrow)


pikt

pikt (indefinite nominative singular)
pikts (genitive indefinite singular)
pikten (definite nominative singular)
piktens (definite genitive singular)
pikter (indefinite nominative plural)
pikters (genitive indefinite plural)
pikterna (definite nominative plural)
pikternas (definite genitive plural)

Pict (member of an ancient people of Scotland)


Östtyskland

East Germany (former European country); the German Democratic Republic; (abbreviated DDR)


Sankt Petersburg

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia), and former capital (1732–1918).


Salomonöarna

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


Seychellerna

Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


Saint Vincent och Grenadinerna

LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Saint Vincent och Grenadinerna.wav

The Caribbean island Saint Vincent was named by Columbus, since it was discovered on January 22, 1498, the day of Saint Vincent of Saragossa.

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines#English

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


São Tomé och Príncipe

LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-São Tomé och Príncipe.wav

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)


Åmål

Alltid något, sade han som fick se Åmål
Better than nothing, said he who saw Åmål (Swedish proverb)

En skam för mig men en ära för sta'n, sa han som gick vilse i Åmål
A shame for me but an honour for the town, said he who got lost in Åmål (Swedish proverb)

Fucking Åmål (title of a Swedish movie, 1998, English title "Show me Love")

a small town (9000 inhabitants) in Dalsland province, Västra Götaland county, Sweden, on the western shore of lake Vänern


Mikronesiens federerade stater

Mikronesiens federerade stater n (genitive Mikronesiens federerade staters)

Mikronesiens federerade staters (genitive)

Federated States of Micronesia#English:_Q702

Federated States of Micronesia (The official name of Micronesia, a country consisting of about 600 islands in Oceania)


Karlstad

A city in Värmland, west-central Sweden.


Kristinehamn

Kristinehamn, a town in Värmland county, Sweden, and a harbour on lake Vänern.


Förenta staterna

Förenta staterna n (genitive Förenta staternas)

United States (a country in North America)


Kalmar

A city on the east coast of Sweden, located in the province of Småland.


Tiveden

a forest belt in south-central Sweden, between the northern edges of lakes Vänern and Vättern


Hjälmaren

Sweden's fourth largest lake, east of the town Örebro


Roxen

A lake in Sweden, north of the town Linköping in Östergötland, part of Göta Canal


Holaveden

a forest belt in south-central Sweden, between lake Sommen and the southern edge of lake Vättern


Tylöskog

a forest belt in south-central Sweden, east of the northern edge of lake Vättern, west of Norrköping


Boren

A lake in Sweden, east of the town Motala in Östergötland, part of Göta Canal


Stångån

A river in Sweden, flowing north through Småland and Östergötland into lake Roxen at Linköping


Kolmården

a forest belt in south-central Sweden, north of Bråviken and Norrköping, west of Nyköping


Unden

A lake in south-central Sweden, in Tiveden


Idre

a small town and ski resort in central Sweden, in the province Dalarna


Vättern

Vättern, Sweden's second and Europe's sixth largest lake


Ydre

A small town in Östergötland, in central Sweden


Kisa

First attested as Kysæ in 1287. The name is likely related to dialectal Norwegian kise, meaning bulge.


Tibro

A small town in Västergötland, in central Sweden


Motala ström

A river in Sweden, draining lake Vättern at Motala (whence the name) into the Baltic Sea at Norrköping


Lidköping

A town in Västergötland, in central Sweden


Söderköping

A town in Östergötland, in central Sweden


Vingåker

A small town in Södermanland, in central Sweden


Åkersberga

A town and municipality of Stockholm County, Sweden, north-east of Stockholm


Fagertärn

From fager + tjärn (spelled as tärn). Literally, “Fair Tarn”. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Fagertjern/Fagertjønn.

A lake in south-central Sweden, in Tiveden, known for its unike red waterlilies


Märsta

A town central Sweden, north of Stockholm.


Mariestad

A town and municipality of Västergötland, central Sweden.


Glan

A lake in Sweden, west of the town of Norrköping in Östergötland, part of Motala ström


Lidingö

A town in central Sweden, north-east of Stockholm


Nyköping

[ˈnŷːˌɕøːpɪŋ]

A town and municipality of Södermanland County, in central Sweden


Enköping

A city in central Sweden, north-west of Stockholm.


Varberg

A town in Halland, in southwestern Sweden


Askersund

Compound of ask (“ash (trea)”) + sund (“sound (geography)”). The name originally referred to the strait the town was on and was later adopted by the town itself.


Höör

First mentioned as Hørg around 1160. From Old Danish hørg (“pile of stones”).


Hallsberg

A small town in Närke, in central Sweden


Trollhättan

A town in western Sweden, on Göta älv at the southern edge of lake Vänern


Strängnäs

A town in Södermanland, in central Sweden


Upplands Väsby

Upplands Väsby n (genitive Upplands Väsbys)

A town in central Sweden, north of Stockholm


Tumba

Named after a mill Tumbokvarn (Old Swedish Tumboqwern), a contraction meaning "Tumba's mill," from the obsolete farm Tuna + kvarn (“mill”). The former could be related to the Scandinavian name Tonna, a pet form of Old Norse Þórný, from the root of Þórr (“Thor”) + nýr (“new”).

A town in central Sweden, south of Stockholm


Borlänge

A town and municipality of Dalecarlia County, in central Sweden


Ronneby

A city in Blekinge, south-eastern Sweden.


Orsa

A town and municipality of Dalecarlia, in central Sweden


Sandviken

A town in Gästrikland, in central Sweden


Katrineholm

A small town in Södermanland, in central Sweden


Mjölby

A town and municipality of Östergötland County, in southern Sweden.


Skövde

A town in Västergötland, in central Sweden


Flen

First attested as Flen in 1367. Related to dialectal flen (“bare”), as the town lay on a bare hill.


Vänersborg

A town in Västergötland, in western Sweden


Piteå

A town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


Hornavan

From horn + -avan. The last part is a common ending in lake names in Northern Sweden.

A lake in northern Sweden, north for Arjeplog.


Eskilstuna

A town and municipality of Södermanland County, Sweden


Växjö

A city in Småland, south-central Sweden.


Halmstad

Halmstad, A town in Halland, in southwestern Sweden


Södertälje

/sœdɛˈʈɛlːjɛ/

A town in central Sweden, south of Stockholm.


Viken

A lake in south-central Sweden, in Tiveden


Alingsås

/ˈɑːlɪŋˌsoːs/

Inherited from Old Swedish Alingsās, equivalent to Aling (“person from Ale Hundred”) + ås (“ridge (in a landscape)”).

A city in Västergötland, western Sweden.


Östersund

A town and municipality of Jämtland County, Sweden


Leksand

A town and municipality of Dalarna, in central Sweden


Täby

A town in central Sweden, north of Stockholm


Gävle

A town and municipality of Gävleborg County, Sweden


Falköping

A city in Västergötland, central Sweden.


Falun

Based upon a conjugated definite form of Falan, the name of an area west of the Falu River (still used in 1684), such as Old Swedish Falunne (dative) or Faluna (accusative). The name is related to the adjective fal (“grayly/yellowly pale”), originally in reference to either this area or the river itself. A river name *Falan might have referred to the color of the water. The name of the area, potentially containing a noun *fala (“pale yellow dryland”), could have been given due to the yellow ochre deposited by Gruvbäcken, or denoted the local thingstead and marketplace of the Kopparberg region.
Attested since 1400 as Old Swedish (oppa) Falene.

Falun (a city and municipality of Dalarna County, Sweden)


Trelleborg

Trelleborg (a town, municipality, and ferry port in Skåne County, Sweden, the southernmost municipality in Sweden)


götet

”Götet” är en beteckning på Göteborg som används av ENBART icke-göteborgare (det vill säga stockholmare, dalslänningar, Leksandsbor, pistvakter, centralbankschefer och andra lugubra gestalter bortom all räddning).

2009 November 17, Peter Hjörne, “Ett ”alla tiders” språk!”, in Göteborgs-Posten:

"Götet" is a designation for Gothenburg used SOLELY by non-Gothenburgers (that is Stockholmers, dalians, Leksanders, piste guards, central bank governors and other lugubrious figures beyond saving).

(slang) Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg), a city in Sweden.


Bromma

A suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, and a (now less used) inner city airport.


Bolmen

Unknown. Possibly derived from Old Swedish *bolmber (“large; expansive”). Compare with the verb bolma (“billow”). Earliest known individual form attested since 1689 as New Latin Bollmen Lacus (“Lake Bolmen”); but part of Old Swedish Bolmsø (“Bolmen island”) since 1293.
See also the lakeside locality Odensjö (literally “Odin's Lake”), which is proposedly derived from a former name of lake Bolmen.

ref

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 43, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 243, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

A village by the lake of same name in Annerstad parish, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Karlskrona

Karls + krona (“Charles's crown”), after King Charles XI of Sweden.


Kattegatt

Kattegat; a part of the Atlantic between Sweden and Denmark


Befrielsetorget

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Befrielsetorget n (genitive Befrielsetorgets)

befrielse (“liberation”) + torg (“square”). Originally called "Midan Ismailia", after the 19th-century ruler Khedive Ismail, it was renamed after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Midan Tahrir (التحرير) means Liberation Square.

compound

Liberation Square
Liberation Square#English

Tahrir Square, Liberation Square (a square in Cairo, Egypt)


Tahrirtorget

Tahrir Square (a square in Cairo, Egypt)


Sachalin

Sakhalin (a large island and oblast in eastern Russia)


vattenmassa

vattenmassa (indefinite nominative singular)
vattenmassas (genitive indefinite singular)
vattenmassan (definite nominative singular)
vattenmassans (definite genitive singular)
vattenmassor (indefinite nominative plural)
vattenmassors (genitive indefinite plural)
vattenmassorna (definite nominative plural)
vattenmassornas (definite genitive plural)

Compound of vatten (“water”) + massa (“mass”). First attested in 1740.
Cognate with German Wassermasse.

ref

vattenmassa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)


Halland

Halland (a historical province in western Sweden)


Ångermanland

A province of Västernorrland County, in central Sweden


Uppland

Uppland (a historical province in central Sweden)


Blekinge

Blekinge (a historical province in southeastern Sweden)


Jämtland

Old Norse Jamtaland, from the name of the inhabitants, the Jämtar, from jamti, from Proto-Germanic *emat- (“industrious, strong”), which could ultimately be related to German emsig (“industrious”).


Östergötland

From öster (“eastern”) + Götland (“Geatland, Land of the Geats”), from Old Norse Gautland, from gautar + land, equivalent to götar (“Geats”) + land (“land”). Compare Västergötland, Götaland.

compound

Östergötland, East Geatland (a historical province in eastern Sweden)


Härjedalen

From Old Norse Herjárdalr (“valley of the Härje river”), from Härje, Härjån + dalr. The first element *har, *her could mean "heap of stones," compare hǫrgr (“cairn, heap of stones”). Cognate with Norwegian Herjådalen, Herjedalen and Icelandic Herjadalur.

der

A province of Jämtland County, in central Sweden


Gästrikland

From Old Swedish Gestrikaland, Gestrikalandia.

A province of Gävleborg County, in central Sweden


Småland

Compound of små (“small”) + land (“country”). From the smaller countries located between the Geat (later Swedish) and Danish border, which would later merge into the province Småland.

com+

Småland (a historical province in southeastern Sweden)


Hälsingland

Hälsingland (a historical province of Sweden)


Västergötland

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Västergötland n (genitive Västergötlands)

From väster (“western”) + Götland (“Geatland, Land of the Geats”), from Old Norse Gautland, from gautar + land, equivalent to götar (“Geats”) + land (“land”). Compare Östergötland, Götaland.

compound

Västergötland, West Geatland (a historical province in western Sweden)


Södermanland

Södermanland (a historical province in central Sweden)


Västerbotten

From väster (“western”) + botten (“basin, bottom of a body of water”).

Västerbotten, Westrobothnia (a historical province of Sweden)


Jeriko

Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


udde

From Old Swedish udde, from Old Norse oddr (“sharp point”).


Kalabrien

Calabria (a peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy)


Asturien

autonomous community
autonomous community

Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain)


Azorerna

Borrowed from Portuguese Açores (“Azores”), from açores, plural of açor (“goshawk”).


Aragonien

Aragon (an autonomous community of Spain)


Eldslandet

From eld (“fire”) + -s- + landet (“the land”), calque of Spanish Tierra del Fuego.

affix

Tierra del Fuego (archipelago between Chile and Argentina)


fjäll

fjäll (indefinite nominative singular)
fjälls (genitive indefinite singular)
fjället (definite nominative singular)
fjällets (definite genitive singular)
fjäll (indefinite nominative plural)
fjälls (genitive indefinite plural)
fjällen (definite nominative plural)
fjällens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish fiäl, from Old Norse fjall, from Proto-Germanic *falisaz, from *pels-, *pelis-. Cognate with Icelandic fjall, Faroese fjall, Norwegian fjell, German Fels (“rock”), English fell.

Upp till ett sporthotell bland våra höga fjäll, jag ställde färden för att roa mig en påsk. Ty jag i pressen såg, där är moralen låg, och man besväras ej av hämningar och fjosk [perhaps ad hoc for pjosk]. Jag utan skidor var, men det var lika bra, ty sådant där är blott i vägen tycker jag. Ett pensionat jag fann, där alla gäster brann, av längtan att få börja flörta med varann. Det är så hälsosamt och stärkande i fjällen, och över vidderna man tydligt hörde smällen, när någon sportklädd pinuppa fick på munnen en puss, och några välinledda klappar på sin stuss. För den som lider utav spleen i sexappelen är det så hälsosamt och stärkande i fjällen. Där står en doft av erotik omkring vår högfjällssocieté [hard to make out]. Där ligger fröknarna von Pahlen nog i lä. Det kändes jämt en pust av synd och last och lust. I varje vrå satt där ett par av skilda kön [hard to make out]. När deras kraft tog slut så fick de bäras ut och piggas upp med lite rullande i snön. Det var ett kramande som var förlamande när man om livet på varandra satt och höll. Jag hade tur som blott fick några revbensbrott när som en dam i mina armar villigt föll. Det är så hälsosamt och stärkande i fjällen att man får blåmärken på åtskilliga ställen. Vi började dan [dagen] med en cocktail gjord på vermouth och gin. Det är av sådana som solbrännan blir fin. Vi konstaterade när vi satt omkring butellen [buteljen]: Det är så hälsosamt och stärkande i fjällen. Och ska vi någonsin förflytta oss till Åreskutans topp så måste kyparen ta baren med sig opp. Från huvudstaden kom där upp ett sällskap som bestod av stjärnor från fru Filmias [hard to make out] parnass. Och när som divorna fick syn på drivorna så skrek de till "Åh herregud, så mycket glass!" Champagnekorkar small, varenda gäst var knall när frampå förmiddagen vi raglade till lunch. I full delirium, vi gick från rum till rum, och alla möblerna fernissade vi med punsch. Det är så hälsosamt och stärkande i fjällen, ifall man bara stannar inne på hotellen. Jag med en konsul drack duskål ur en flaska chartreuse [normally pronounced "chartrös" instead of "chartres"], och konsulinnan hon var ? [hard to make out – "hum/hung" – maybe drunk] och måste le's [ledas]. Vi bytte fruar med varandra frampå kvällen, ty det är hälsosamt och stärkande i fjällen. Och det finns inget annat ställe där moralen vågar stå på en så sjunkande och angenäm nivå.

1947, Kai Rönn, Åke Petterson (lyrics and music), “Det är så hälsosamt och stärkande i fjällen [It is so healthful and strengthening in the mountains]”performed by Lennart Hagvall and Einar Groths orkester:

Up to a sports hotel among our high mountains, I made [set] the journey to enjoy myself one Easter. For in the press I saw, there [the] morality is low, and you're not bothered by inhibitions and squeamishness. Without skis I was, but that was just as well, for such things are merely in the way I think. A pension [guest house] I found where all the guests burned with desire to start flirting with each other. It is so healthful and strengthening in the mountains, and across the plains you clearly heard the slap [or bang], when some sports-dressed pin-up girl got a peck on the mouth, and a few well-initiated pats on her backside. For those [one] who suffer from spleen in their sex appeal, it is so healthful and strengthening in the mountains. There is [stands] a scent of eroticism around our high mountain [mountain area above the tree line] society [hard to make out]. The von Pahlen misses probably can't measure up there. One [it was] felt a constant puff of sin and vice and lust. In every corner sat [there] a couple of different sexes [a mixed-sex couple]. When their strength ran out, they had to be carried out, and be reinvigorated with some rolling in the snow. There was a hugging that was paralyzing, when you sat and held each other around the waist. I was lucky to only get [that only got] a few broken ribs when a lady willingly fell into my arms. It is so healthful and strengthening in the mountains that you get bruises in several places. We started the day with a cocktail made with vermouth and gin. It's from those you get a nice tan [It is from such ones that the tan becomes nice-looking]. We noted when we sat around the bottle: It is so healthful and strengthening in the mountains. And if we're ever to move ourselves to the top of Åreskutan, the waiter will have to bring the bar on up. Up from the capital came [there] a company consisting of stars from lady Filmia's [hard to make out] Parnassus. And when the divas spotted the [snow] drifts, they shouted out, "Oh my God, so much ice cream!" Champagne corks popped, every single guest was sloshed, when later before noon we staggered to lunch. In full delirium, we went from room to room, and all the furniture we varnished with punsch. It is so healthful and strengthening in the mountains, as long as you only stay inside the hotels. With a consul I drank you-toast [(alcohol drunk during) a toast to mark a mutual agreement to dispense with formal titles – see du-reformen on Wikipedia] from a bottle of Chartreuse, and the consuless [his wife] [she] was ? [hard to make out – "hum/hung" – maybe drunk] and had to be led. We swapped wives with each other [later on] in the evening, for it is so healthful and strengthening in the mountains. And there is no other place where [the] morality dares to remain [stand] at such a sinking and pleasant level.

a mountain extending above the tree line


Anatolien

Anatolia (a region of southwestern Asia)


simbassäng

simbassäng (indefinite nominative singular)
simbassängs (genitive indefinite singular)
simbassängen (definite nominative singular)
simbassängens (definite genitive singular)
simbassänger (indefinite nominative plural)
simbassängers (genitive indefinite plural)
simbassängerna (definite nominative plural)
simbassängernas (definite genitive plural)


Grusien

Men sedan Ryssland 1801 tagit Grusien i besittning, måste det söka förvärfva äfven Dagestan, som skilde Grusien från Ryssland samt försvårade och hotade förbindelsen mellan båda länderna.

But since Russia in 1801 had occupied Georgia, it must seek to acquire also Dagestan, which separated Georgia from Russia and obstructed and risked the connection between the two countries.

(obsolete) Georgia (A transcontinental country in the Caucasus region of Europe and Asia, on the coast of the Black Sea, often considered to belong politically to Europe)


slätt

slätt (indefinite nominative singular)
slätts (genitive indefinite singular)
slätten (definite nominative singular)
slättens (definite genitive singular)
slätter (indefinite nominative plural)
slätters (genitive indefinite plural)
slätterna (definite nominative plural)
slätternas (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse sléttr, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”). Cognate with Swedish slät (“smooth”), English slight, Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).

cog

(geography) a plain (a large expanse of relatively flat land)


Dalarna

The name means "the dales, valleys;" see dal.

A historical province and county in central Sweden, Dalecarlia


insjö

insjö (indefinite nominative singular)
insjös (genitive indefinite singular)
insjön (definite nominative singular)
insjöns (definite genitive singular)
insjöar (indefinite nominative plural)
insjöars (genitive indefinite plural)
insjöarna (definite nominative plural)
insjöarnas (definite genitive plural)


subkontinent

subkontinent (indefinite nominative singular)
subkontinents (genitive indefinite singular)
subkontinenten (definite nominative singular)
subkontinentens (definite genitive singular)
subkontinenter (indefinite nominative plural)
subkontinenters (genitive indefinite plural)
subkontinenterna (definite nominative plural)
subkontinenternas (definite genitive plural)


jökel

jökel (indefinite nominative singular)
jökels (genitive indefinite singular)
jökeln (definite nominative singular)
jökelns (definite genitive singular)
jöklar (indefinite nominative plural)
jöklars (genitive indefinite plural)
jöklarna (definite nominative plural)
jöklarnas (definite genitive plural)

From Icelandic jökull, from Old Norse jǫkull, diminutive of the Old Norse jaki (“a piece of ice, broken ice”).


Nizjnij Novgorod

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Nizjnij Novgorod n (genitive Nizjnij Novgorods)

From Russian Нижний Новгород (Nižnij Novgorod).

der

Нижний Новгород

Nizhny Novgorod (a city, the administrative center of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia)


Kebnekaise

Kebnekaise (The highest mountain in Sweden)


kärr

kärr (indefinite nominative singular)
kärrs (genitive indefinite singular)
kärret (definite nominative singular)
kärrets (definite genitive singular)
kärr (indefinite nominative plural)
kärrs (genitive indefinite plural)
kärren (definite nominative plural)
kärrens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse kjarr (“copsewood, underbrush, bushes, scrub”), from Proto-Germanic *kerzą, *kerzuz (“scrub, bushes”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵers- (“to turn, bend, twist”).
Cognate with Danish kær (“brushwood, undergrowth, scrub”), Norwegian Bokmål kjerr, Norwegian Nynorsk kjørr (“thicket”), Icelandic kjarr (“scrub”).


Borgå

Porvoo (a city in southern Finland, east of Helsinki)


Galicien

From Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a Celtic tribe in the region”).

Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)


Miklagård

From Old Norse Miklagarðr (literally “the large city”), from mikill and garðr. Compare mycket and gård.

inh

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

Byzantium, Constantinople (a city in Turkey; ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)


Danmark-Norge

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Danmark-Norge n (genitive Danmark-Norges)

From Danmark (“Denmark”) + Norge (“Norway”).


Fårö

From either Gutnish or Old Swedish Farøø, Faroyna, probably from a compound of a word related to English fare + a word related to Swedish ö (“island”). The folk etymology connecting it with får (“sheep”) is spurious.


Inn

Inn (a right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany)


Öresund

English: Öresund

German: Öresund

From Old Norse ura suti (“in the ear-sound”), akin to Danish Øresund, Norwegian Bokmål Øresund, Norwegian Nynorsk Øresund and Icelandic Eyrarsund.

Oresund (a strait in Northern Europe, which separates Denmark and Sweden)


Vadehavet

Compare with German Wattenmeer and Dutch Waddenzee


bassäng

bassäng (indefinite nominative singular)
bassängs (genitive indefinite singular)
bassängen (definite nominative singular)
bassängens (definite genitive singular)
bassänger (indefinite nominative plural)
bassängers (genitive indefinite plural)
bassängerna (definite nominative plural)
bassängernas (definite genitive plural)


Skeen

A village in Annerstad parish, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Arktiska oceanen

Arktiska oceanen c (genitive Arktiska oceanens)


Helsingör

/ˈhɛlsɪŋˌøːr/

From Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsingborg, Helsingfors and Hälsingland.

Elsinore (a city in northern Zealand, Denmark)


Eswatini

Eswatini (a country in Southern Africa, formerly called Swaziland)


Årstad

Attested in Latin as Arestatha in 1330-s.

A town and parish in Halland, Sweden, close to Falkenberg


Komorerna

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


vasallstat

vasallstat (indefinite nominative singular)
vasallstats (genitive indefinite singular)
vasallstaten (definite nominative singular)
vasallstatens (definite genitive singular)
vasallstater (indefinite nominative plural)
vasallstaters (genitive indefinite plural)
vasallstaterna (definite nominative plural)
vasallstaternas (definite genitive plural)

From vassall (“vassal”) + stat (“state”).


stäpp

stäpp (indefinite nominative singular)
stäpps (genitive indefinite singular)
stäppen (definite nominative singular)
stäppens (definite genitive singular)
stäpper (indefinite nominative plural)
stäppers (genitive indefinite plural)
stäpperna (definite nominative plural)
stäppernas (definite genitive plural)

From German Steppe or French steppe, in turn from Russian степь (stepʹ, “flat grassy plain”) or Ukrainian степ (step). There is no generally accepted earlier etymology, but there is a speculative Old East Slavic reconstruction *сътепь (sŭtepĭ, “trampled place, flat, bare”), related to топот (topot), топтать (toptatĭ).
Used in Swedish since 1817.


Kyrkslätt

Kirkkonummi (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Sjundeå

Siuntio (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Ljungby

Compound of ljung (“heather, Calluna vulgaris”) + by (“farm; village”). In all senses, after the heather-covered heath surrounding the location at the time.
Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Lyngbø.

com+

A city and municipality of Kronoberg county, Sweden.

A village in Kalmar municipality, Kalmar county, Sweden.

A village in Falkenberg municipality, Halland county, Sweden.


Villmanstrand

Lappeenranta (a city in southeastern Finland)


Kexholm

Priozersk (a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, historically in Finland)


Borgnäs

Pornainen (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Enontekis

Enontekiö (a municipality of Lapland, Finland)


Etseri

South Ostrobothnia
South Ostrobothnia#English

Ähtäri (a town in South Ostrobothnia, Finland)


Tusby

Tuusula (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Eken

From the peddler cant månsing word Storhäcken or Stockhäcken, which was later clipped to häcken and modified to eken through the traditional Stockholm merger of /ɛ/ > /e/.

– De ere, de vet du att de e, fö mandrom ha studera live både i Eken å i andra sjösteder.

– It is, you know it is, ’cause I have studied life both in Stockholm and in other coastal cities.

Det var grabbarna från Eken, det var grabbar med humör.

1963, Olle Adolphson (lyrics and music), “Balladen om det stora slagsmålet på Tegelbacken”, in Resan hem:

It was the lads from Stockholm, they were lads with a temper.


forst-

(chiefly Finland) pertaining to forests or forestry


Västasien

Holonym: Asien


Rinkeby

→ English: Rinkeby


Letala

Laitila (a town and municipality of southwestern Finland)


Vindala

Vimpeli (a municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland)


anguillan

anguillan (indefinite nominative singular)
anguillans (genitive indefinite singular)
anguillanen (definite nominative singular)
anguillanens (definite genitive singular)
anguillaner (indefinite nominative plural)
anguillaners (genitive indefinite plural)
anguillanerna (definite nominative plural)
anguillanernas (definite genitive plural)


anguillansk

sv-adj

anguillansk (comparative mer anguillansk, superlative mest anguillansk)
sv:sv-adj

anguillansk sv:sv-adj (canonical)
mer anguillansk (comparative)
mest anguillansk (superlative)
anguillansk (indefinite positive)
mer anguillansk (comparative indefinite)
mest anguillansk (indefinite superlative)
anguillanskt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
mer anguillanskt (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
mest anguillanskt (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
anguillanska (indefinite plural positive)
mer anguillanska (comparative indefinite plural)
mest anguillanska (indefinite plural superlative)
anguillanske (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
mer anguillanska (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
mest anguillanska (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
anguillanske (definite masculine positive singular)
mer anguillanske (comparative definite masculine singular)
mest anguillanske (definite masculine singular superlative)
anguillanska (definite positive)
mer anguillanska (comparative definite)
mest anguillanska (definite superlative)

Anguillan (of or pertaining to Anguilla or Anguillan people)


Vichtis

Vihti (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Pyttis

Pyhtää (a municipality of Kymenlaakso, Finland)


Kontiolax

Kontiolahti (a municipality of North Karelia, Finland)


Ruokolax

Ruokolahti (a municipality of South Karelia, Finland)


Mörskom

Myrskylä (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Lappträsk

Lapinjärvi (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Nyslott

Southern Savonia
Southern Savonia#English

Savonlinna (a town in Southern Savonia, Finland)


Sagu

Sauvo (a municipality in southwestern Finland)


Björneborg

Superficially derived from björn (“bear”) and borg (“(fortified) castle or city”). There are multiple theories about this name, including that it derives from björna (“to dun (a debt)”), (folk-etymologically) from bära (“to bear”) (in uppbära (“to levy (a tax)”); assuming the name developed from Bärnäs to *Björnnäs), from the male given name Björn, or that it is a reference to the coat of arms (although this is unlikely, as it is unlikely to be older than the name).


Laukas

Laukaa (a municipality of Central Finland).


Halen

A lake in Blekinge, in southeastern Sweden


Sveg

First attested as Sveigi in 1237. Inherited from Old Swedish Svēgh, Sveig, Sveigh, from Old Norse sveigr (“bend (n.)”).


Mölndal

Mölndal (a town and municipality of Västergötland, in western Sweden)


Västernorrland

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Västernorrland n (genitive Västernorrlands)


järnvägsstation

järnvägsstation (indefinite nominative singular)
järnvägsstations (genitive indefinite singular)
järnvägsstationen (definite nominative singular)
järnvägsstationens (definite genitive singular)
järnvägsstationer (indefinite nominative plural)
järnvägsstationers (genitive indefinite plural)
järnvägsstationerna (definite nominative plural)
järnvägsstationernas (definite genitive plural)

railway depot, railroad station, railway station, train station


Haninge

A town and municipality of Stockholm County, Sweden


Kungsbacka

A town and municipality of Halland County, Sweden


Sollentuna

Inherited from Old Swedish Sollendatuna.

A town and municipality of Stockholm County, in central Sweden


Huddinge

From Old Swedish Wddunge, probably equivalent to udde (“small peninsula”) + -unge.


Lagan

Inherited from Old Swedish Lagha, derived from Old Swedish lagher (“water; liquid”).First attested in the circa 1300.
Town sense; from the train station in Berga parish, which was named after the local posthouse, which was named after the nearby river Lagan. This because the name Berga was already take by the posthouse and station in Högsby parish. First attested in 1893.

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Lagan in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 184, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

A river in Jönköping county, Kronoberg county and Halland county, Sweden; which flows into Laholm Bay, Kattegat.

A town by Lagan river, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

A river in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom


dödishåla

dödishåla (indefinite nominative singular)
dödishålas (genitive indefinite singular)
dödishålan (definite nominative singular)
dödishålans (definite genitive singular)
dödishålor (indefinite nominative plural)
dödishålors (genitive indefinite plural)
dödishålorna (definite nominative plural)
dödishålornas (definite genitive plural)

död (“dead”) + is (“ice”) + håla (“hollow”).


dödisgrop

dödisgrop (indefinite nominative singular)

död (“dead”) + is (“ice”) + grop (“pit”).


Stenungsund

A town and municipality of Västra Götaland County, Sweden


Degerfors

A town and municipality of Örebro County, Sweden


Lerum

First attested as Lereem in 1338. From lera (“clay, mud”) + hem (“home”).


Järfälla

A municipality of Stockholm County, Sweden


Oskarshamn

A town and municipality of Kalmar County, in southern Sweden


Botkyrka

Mentioned as Botuidhe kirkiu in 1298. The first element is the given name Botvid, after the holy Saint Botvid. The second element is kyrka (“church”). Botkyrka thus means 'Saint Botvid's church'.

A municipality of Stockholm County, in central Sweden


Härnösand

A town and municipality of Västernorrland County, in central Sweden


Biskopsgården

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Biskopsgården n (genitive Biskopsgårdens)


Angered

Compound of avungar (“those who live at a pool”) + ryd (“clearing”).


Älvdalen

Literally "river valley," from älv (“river”) + dal (“valley”) + -en.

A town and municipality of Dalecarlia County, in central Sweden


Södermalm

Compound of söder (“south”) + malm (“sandy hill”).


Tensta

A suburb of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden


Härryda

A town and municipality of Västra Götaland County, in southwestern Sweden


Alvik

* (Norrbotten) First attested as Aarde(r)wik in 1486. Compound of årder (“ard, plough”) + vik (“inlet”).
* (Dalarna) First attested as Aluik in 1539. It's earlier form was possibly Old Swedish *Almovik, which would be a compound of *Alma (“Almoån, a local stream”) + vik (“inlet”). *Alma is likely related to dialectal Swedish alma sig (“to grow”), referring to how the stream would often 'grow' outside its banks.
* (Stockholm) First attested as Ahlwijken in 1720. Compound of al (“alder (tree)”) + vik (“inlet”).


Hanö

An island in Blekinge, in southern Sweden


tallskog

tallskog (indefinite nominative singular)

a pinery, a forest with mainly or only pines


granskog

granskog (indefinite nominative singular)

a spruce forest, a forest with mainly or only spruce


bokskog

bokskog (indefinite nominative singular)

a beech forest, a forest with mainly or only beech


lövskog

lövskog (indefinite nominative singular)

a deciduous forest, a forest with mainly or only deciduous trees


marknadsplats

marknadsplats (indefinite nominative singular)
marknadsplats (genitive indefinite singular)
marknadsplatsen (definite nominative singular)
marknadsplatsens (definite genitive singular)
marknadsplatser (indefinite nominative plural)
marknadsplatsers (genitive indefinite plural)
marknadsplatserna (definite nominative plural)
marknadsplatsernas (definite genitive plural)

marketplace, market square (open area in a town housing a public market)


Parkstad

Puistola, a neighbourhood in Helsinki, Finland.


Koreahalvön

Korea (“Korea”) + halvö (“peninsula”) + -n (“the”)


Kalix

A town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


Arvidsjaur

From Lule Sami Árviesjávrrie, a compound of árvies (“giving (adj.)”) + jávvrie (“lake”).

A town and municipality of Norrbotten County, Lapland Province, in northern Sweden


Arjeplog

From Pite Sami Árjepluovve, a combination of either hárjje (“hill”) or árjje (“need (n.)”) + plouvve (“swamp”).


Bjurholm

A town and municipality of Västerbotten County, Ångermanland Region, in northern Sweden


Lycksele

A town and municipality of Västerbotten County, Lappland Region, in northern Sweden


Nordmakedonien

North Macedonia
North Macedonia#English:_Q221

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

North Macedonia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Snålkuk

Borrowed from Lule Sami snålkke (“steep cliffside from mountain offshoot”).

bor+

A mountain near Jokkmokk, Norrbotten, in northern Sweden; an offshoot of Gassavarte


Strömsnäsbruk

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Strömsnäsbruk n (genitive Strömsnäsbruks)

A town by Lagan river in Markaryd municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Laholm

A city and municipality of Halland county, Sweden.


Värnamo

Compound of värn (“fenced”) + mo (“sandy field”).

A city and municipality of Jönköping county, Sweden.


Markaryd

A city and municipality of Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Kånna

Unknown.
Possibly derived from Old Swedish *kvadhn (“filth; unclean”), based on a Middle Low German word, referring to the marsh and mire of the area.
Earliest known form attested since 1338 as Medieval Latin Quannom.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 181, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

A village and parish of Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Lidhult

Compound of lid (“small slope”) + hult (“grove”). Attested since 1405.

A town in Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.


Vittaryd

Inherited from Old Swedish Hwitaridh. Debated origin. By surface analysis, vitta + ryd.
* First half may be derived from Old Swedish Hvite (“a male name”). It may also be derived from Old Swedish hviter (“white”) of unkown reason.
* Second half might be ryd (“clearing”). It may also come from rör (“cairn”), if so it might refer to the Vittaryd labyrinth.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 362, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Angelstad

Compound of Angul (“male name”) + stad (“place”), in the sense Angul's Place. Earliest known form attested since 1369 as Medieval Latin Angulstadha.


Ryssby

Compound of ryd (“clearing”) + by (“farm; village”), where ryd has morphed into ryss over time.
Earliest known form attested since 1306 as Medieval Latin Ryzby.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 262, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Annerstad

Compound of Andor or Arndor (“a male name”) + stad (“place”), in the sense Andor's Place. Earliest known form attested since 1371 as Medieval Latin Anderstadhæ.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 23, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Hamneda

Compound of hamn + -eda. Origin difficult to interpret. First half possibly from halfna (“sharecropping”). Second half from -eda (“passage along water”).
Attested since 1353 as Old Swedish Hafnadha.


Dörarp

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 62, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages