Japan

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

der

Japan (a country and archipelago of East Asia)


Israel

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


Finland

Republiken Finland
Republiken Finland#Swedish

Finland (a country in Northern Europe; official name: Republiken Finland)


Andorra

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


Afghanistan

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


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.


Argentina

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


Bangladesh

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


Bahrain

Bahrains (genitive)
Bahrein (alternative)

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


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


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


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)


Botswana

From Tswana Botswana, from bo- + Tswana.


Belize

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

Belize (an English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras)


Guatemala

/ɡʉːatɛ²mɑːla/

Guatemala (a country in Central America)


Iran

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


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Kiribati

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


Kuwait

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


Liechtenstein

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Liechtenstein n (genitive Liechtensteins)

Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)


Malta

Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Mauritius

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

Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)


Niger

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


Nigeria

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


Nicaragua

Nicaragua (a country in Central America)


Nepal

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


Nauru

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


Oman

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


Portugal

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


Qatar

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


Sudan

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Singapore

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965))


San Marino

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

San Marino (the capital city of San Marino)


El Salvador

El Salvador (a country in Central America)


Swaziland

(historical) Swaziland (former name of Eswatini: a country in Southern Africa; used until 2018)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)


Uganda

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


Zimbabwe

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


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)


Aruba

Aruba (an island, dependent territory, and constituent country of the Netherlands, in the Caribbean Sea)


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)


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)


Benin

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

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Brunei

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


Vanuatu

Vanuatu (a country and archipelago of Melanesia in Oceania)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago of Polynesia in Oceania)


Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (a country in Central Asia)


Wales

Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Somalia

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


Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone#English:_Q1044


Sri Lanka

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


Palau

Ultimately from Palauan Belau (“Palau”).

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


Niue

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


Martinique

administrative region
administrative region

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


Costa Rica

Costa Rica (a country in Central America)


Dominica

Dominica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Eritrea

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


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)


Georgia

Georgia (a state in the Southern United States)


Guinea-Bissau

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Guinea-Bissau n (genitive Guinea-Bissaus)

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


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)


Puerto Rico

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


Burma

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


Jan Mayen

Jan Mayen (an island, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean)


Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Samoa

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


Bermuda

Named after Juan de Bermúdez (1450–c. 1520), Spanish navigator. See Bermúdez.

named-after

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


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)


Grenada

Grenada (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Taiwan

Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands; official name: Republiken Kina)


England

→ Finnish: Englanti

From Old Swedish England, Engeland, Engelandh.

England (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Korea

Korea (a geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country)


South Australia

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South Australia n (genitive South Australias)

South Australia
South Australia#English:_Q3206

South Australia (a state of Australia, located in the central southern part of the continent; a former British colony until 1901)


Victoria

Victoria (a state of Australia, located in the southeastern part of the continent; a former British colony from 1851 to 1901)

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

Victoria (a city, the capital of British Columbia)

Victoria (a city, the capital of Seychelles)

Victoria (the capital city of Gozo, the second-largest island of Malta)


Western Australia

Western Australia n (genitive Western Australias)

Western Australia
Western Australia#English:_Q3206

Western Australia (a state of Australia, occupying the western third of the continent; a former British colony until 1901)


Ottawa

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


USA

United States of America
United States of America#English

initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA


Rom

Rome (a major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)

Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)


Hawaii

Borrowed from English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.

(specifically) Hawaii, Hawaii Island (an island of Hawaii archipelago, Pacific Ocean, of Hawaii County, State of Hawaii, United States)

Hawaii (an insular state of the United States, formerly a territory)


Amsterdam

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


Paris

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


London

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


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)


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)


Barcelona

Barcelona (the capital city of Catalonia, Spain)


Berlin

Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)

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


Edinburgh

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)

Edinburgh, Edinburgh (a council area of Scotland)


Jerusalem

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


Kiev

Kievs (genitive)
Kijef (alternative obsolete)
Kijeff (alternative obsolete)
Kijev (alternative obsolete)

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


Los Angeles

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


New York

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey)


Oslo

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


Hamburg

Hamburg (the second-largest city in Germany)

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


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)


Tokyo

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)


Tunis

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


Turin

Turin (the capital city of Piedmont, Italy)

Turin (a metropolitan city of Piedmont, Italy)


Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Sofia

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


Holland

Holland (a traditional region of 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 (a cultural region, historical province, and peninsula in northwest France)

Brittany (an administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany)


Longyearbyen

Den största ön [i Svalbard] heter Spitsbergen och huvudort är Longyearbyen.

2020, “23. Runt Polcirkeln [23. Around the Polar Circle]”, in Nybörjarkryss [Beginners' Crosswords], number 3, →ISSN, page 23:

The largest island [in Svalbard] is named Spitsbergen, and the capital is Longyearbyen.

Longyearbyen (a port town, the capital of Svalbard, Norway; the largest settlement in Svalbard)


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


Kampuchea

(historical) Kampuchea (former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989)


Kongo

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

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

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Congo (a major river in Central Africa which flows for about 4,380 km (2,720 miles) to the Atlantic Ocean in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at times forming the border with the Republic of the Congo and Angola)


Ryssland

Rysslands (genitive)
Ryßland (alternative archaic)

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


Bratislava

Bratislava (the capital city of Slovakia)


Bern

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


Zürich

Zurich (the capital city of Zurich canton, Switzerland)


Texas

Texas (a state in the south-central region of the United States)


Babylon

From Latin Babylon, from Ancient Greek Βαβυλών (Babulṓn), from Akkadian 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠 (Bābilim).

(historical) Babylon (an ancient city, the ancient capital of Babylonia in modern Iraq, built on the banks of the Euphrates)


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


Kurdistan

Kurdistan (a cultural region in Western Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria)

(by extension) Kurdistan (an autonomous region in northern and northeastern Iraq, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)

(by extension) Kurdistan (a province in northwestern Iran, lying within the aforementioned Kurdish-majority region)


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)


Indonesien

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Europa

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa).


Estland

Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)


Norge

Norges (genitive)
Norrige (alternative obsolete)

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


Zaire

(historical) Zaire (former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997)


Sverige

Sveriges (genitive)
Swerige (alternative obsolete)
Swerje (alternative obsolete)

From svea (“of the Swedes”) + rike (“realm”). From Old Swedish Sverghe, Sverighe, Sverike, Sværike. Cognate with Old English Swēorīċe. 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 Scandinavia in Northern Europe)


Mexico City

Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)


Bayern

Bavaria (a historic region, former duchy, former kingdom, and modern state of Germany; the modern state includes parts of historical Swabia and Franconia as well as historical Bavaria)


Gibraltar

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


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 consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)


Belgien

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


Alaska

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

Alaska (a state of the United States, formerly a territory)


Kina

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China

China (a large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949)


Irak

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


Iowa

Iowa (a state in the Midwestern region of the United States)


Illinois

Illinois (a state of the United States, named for the people)


Washington

Washington State
Washington State#English

Washington, Washington State (a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States)

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

Washington, 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)


Spanien

Många svenskar åker på semester till Spanien

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


Katalonien

Catalonia (an autonomous community in northeast Spain)


Algeriet

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

der

اَلْجَزَائِر


Österrike

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


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.


Brasilien

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

Brasília är huvudstaden i Brasilien.

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


Bulgarien

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Kanada

Kanadas (genitive)
Canada (alternative dated)


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)


Kroatien

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


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.

France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)


Abessinien

(historical) Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century)


Sydkorea

South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula)


Nordkorea

North Korea (a country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea)


Köln

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


Slovenien

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


Peking

Pekings (genitive)
Beijing (alternative Hanyu-Pinyin)

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


Montenegro

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


Amerika

Amerikas förenta stater
Amerikas förenta stater#Swedish

(sometimes proscribed) America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, Amerikas förenta stater)


Boo

a community in 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 the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe)


Kuba

Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) 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


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)


Hongkong

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


Ystad

Ystads (genitive)
Yſtad (alternative obsolete)

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-.


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)


Luleå

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


Irland

→ Finnish: Irlanti

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


Ukraina

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


Warszawa

Warszawas (genitive)
Varsjava (alternative)
Warsau (alternative historical)

[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:_Q754

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands and several smaller islands in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela)


Marshallöarna

Marshallöarna n (genitive Marshallöarnas)

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

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


Dominikanska republiken

Dominikanska republiken n (genitive Dominikanska republikens)

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English:_Q786

Dominican Republic (a country in the Caribbean)


Lettland

Latvia (a country in northeastern Europe)


Julön

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

af

Christmas Island
Christmas Island#English:_Q31063

Christmas Island (an island and external territory of Australia, located on the Indian Ocean)


Färöarna

Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands#English:_Q4628

Faroe Islands (an archipelago and self-governing autonomous territory of Denmark, in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland)


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


Cypern

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


Amerikas förenta stater

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Amerikas förenta stater n (genitive Amerikas förenta staters)

United States of America
United States of America#English

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


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)


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))


Comorerna

rare spelling of Komorerna: Comoros (a country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)


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)


Östtimor

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


Amerikanska Jungfruöarna

Amerikanska Jungfruöarna c pl (genitive Amerikanska Jungfruöarnas)

United States Virgin Islands#English:_Q11703

United States Virgin Islands (an archipelago and dependent territory of the United States, part of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean)


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)

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Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda#English:_Q781

Antigua and Barbuda (a country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda)


Azerbajdzjan

Azerbajdzjans (genitive)
Aderbejdjan (alternative obsolete)
Aserbejdjan (alternative obsolete)

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 in Asia and Europe)

(original sense) Azerbaijan (a region in northwestern Iran, where ancient Atropatene was located, encompassing the modern provinces of Ardabil, East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan)


Madagaskar

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


Litauen

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


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)


Vatikanstaten

head

Vatikanstaten c (genitive Vatikanstatens)

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


Libanon

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


Bosnien och Hercegovina

Bosnien och Hercegovina n (genitive Bosnien och Hercegovinas)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

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


Bosnien-Hercegovina

Bosnien-Hercegovina n (genitive Bosnien-Hercegovinas)


Bouvetön

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


Brittiska Jungfruöarna

Brittiska Jungfruöarna c pl (genitive Brittiska Jungfruöarnas)

British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands#English:_Q25305

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


Caymanöarna

Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands#English:_Q5785

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)


basilika

basilika (indefinite nominative singular)
basilikas (genitive indefinite singular)
basilikan (definite nominative singular)
basilikans (definite genitive singular)
basilikor (indefinite nominative plural)
basilikors (genitive indefinite plural)
basilikorna (definite nominative plural)
basilikornas (definite genitive plural)


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)


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)


Kristianstad

Kristianstads (genitive)
Christianstad (alternative obsolete)
Chriſtianſtad (alternative obsolete)

From Kristian + stad (“city”), named after King Christian IV of Denmark (1577–1648).

named-after

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


Sandefjord

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian Sandefjord.

ubor

a town and municipality of Vestfold, Norway


Makedonien

Macedonia (a geographic region in Southeast Europe in the Balkans, including North Macedonia and parts of Greece, Bulgaria, Albania and Serbia)

Macedonia (former name of North Macedonia: a country in Southeast Europe in the Balkans)

Macedonia (a geographic region and former administrative region of Greece)

Bulgarian Macedonia
Bulgarian Macedonia#English

Macedonia (a geographic region in southwestern Bulgaria; in full, Pirin Macedonia or Bulgarian Macedonia)

(historical) Macedonia (a former constituent republic of Yugoslavia)


Preussen

preussisk

also preusk, prusk, prysk, pryske, pryssisk

(historical) Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a province of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947 in parts of modern Germany, Poland and Russia)


Mikronesien

Micronesia (a country consisting of about 2000 islands in the Micronesia region)


Moçambique

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Mongoliet

(chiefly historical) Mongolia (a Mongolian-speaking geographic region in East Asia, including the country of Mongolia (Outer Mongolia), the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia in China, and sometimes also Buryatia, Tuva and the Altai Republic in Russia)


Kosovo

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


Nordirland

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English:_Q26

Northern Ireland (a constituent country and province of the United Kingdom, situated in the northeastern part of the island of Ireland; capital and largest city: Belfast)


Norfolkön

Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island#English:_Q31057

Norfolk Island (an external territory consisting of three islands of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, the main island of which is also named Norfolk Island)


Maas

Meuse, Maas (a major river that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium and the Netherlands to the North Sea)


Antwerpen

Antwerp (a province of Flanders, Belgium, the most populous)

Antwerp (a large city and municipality, the capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium; the second-largest city in Belgium)


Nya Kaledonien

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


Nya Zeeland

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


Jylland

Jutland (a cultural region and peninsula in northwestern Europe, consisting of the mainland part of Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein, which is part of Germany)


Papua Nya Guinea

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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


Elsass

Alsace (a cultural region, former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)


Prag

Prague (the capital city of the Czech Republic)


Mora

a town and municipality of Dalarna County, in central Sweden


Lyon

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


Shetland

ellipsis of Shetlandsöarna: an archipelago and council area of Scotland: Shetland


Nora

a town in Västmanland, in central Sweden


Göteborg

Göteborgs (genitive)
Götheborg (alternative obsolete)

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


kyrka

kyrka (indefinite nominative singular)
kyrkas (genitive indefinite singular)
kyrkan (definite nominative singular)
kyrkans (definite genitive singular)
kyrkor (indefinite nominative plural)
kyrkors (genitive indefinite plural)
kyrkorna (definite nominative plural)
kyrkornas (definite genitive plural)
kôrka (alternative)
körka (alternative)
kyrcka (alternative obsolete)

From Old Swedish kyrkia, kirkia, from Old Norse kirkja, from Old English cirice, from Late Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (δόμα) (kuriakón (dóma), literally “Lord's (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

der

κυριακόν (δόμα)


Kalifornien

Borrowed from English California, from Spanish California.

California (the most populous state of the United States)


Normandie

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


Krim

Crimea (a geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; de facto occupied and annexed in 2014 as a republic of Russia, but internationally recognized as an autonomous republic of Ukraine :)


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)


Lübeck

Lübeck (a city in Schleswig-Holstein, 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)


Juda

(biblical) Judah, Judea (a traditional region and ancient kingdom (c. 930 — 586 BCE) in the Land of Israel in modern Israel and Palestine; the southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel)


Västmanland

Västmanlands (genitive)
Weſtmanland (alternative obsolete)

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).


Uppsala

Uppsalas (genitive)
Ubsola (alternative)
Upsala (alternative)
Upſala (alternative)

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 (Wūpǔsàlā), 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)


Östersjön

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

Baltic Sea (a sea in Northern Europe, an arm of the Atlantic enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden)


Köpenhamn

Copenhagen (the capital city of Denmark)


Provence

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

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Provence (a maritime geographic region and former province of southeastern France bordering Italy; since 2016 included in the administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)


Korsika

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


Genua

Genoa (the capital city of Liguria, Italy)

Genoa (a metropolitan city of Liguria, Italy)


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)


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
Basque Country#English:_Q47588

Basque Country (a cultural region that straddles the border of Spain and France, where the Basque language is traditionally spoken)

Basque Country
Basque Country#English:_Q3995

autonomous community
autonomous community

Basque Country (an autonomous community in northern Spain)


Viborg

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


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)


Brahestad

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


Vasa

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


München

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


Sachsen

Borrowed from German Sachsen and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sahsō.

Saxony (a state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands)

Saxony (a historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany)


synagoga

synagoga (indefinite nominative singular)
synagogas (genitive indefinite singular)
synagogan (definite nominative singular)
synagogans (definite genitive singular)
synagogor (indefinite nominative plural)
synagogors (genitive indefinite plural)
synagogorna (definite nominative plural)
synagogornas (definite genitive plural)


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)


Rumänien

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Sumer

Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)


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)


Nya Guinea

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

New Guinea (a large island in the Pacific Ocean north of Australia, in Oceania, whose territory is divided between Indonesia in the west and Papua New Guinea in the east)


altare

altare (indefinite nominative singular)
altares (genitive indefinite singular)
altaret (definite nominative singular)
altarets (definite genitive singular)
altare (indefinite nominative plural)
altares (genitive indefinite plural)
altarna (definite nominative plural)
altarnas (definite genitive plural)

From late Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre (“altar”).

altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites)


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)


Damaskus

Damascus (the capital city of Syria; an ancient settlement, the ancient capital of various polities, most notably the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 744 CE and Aram-Damascus, existing from the 12th to 8th centuries BCE)


Kazakstan

Kazakhstan (a country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe)


Kongo-Kinshasa

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Kongo-Kinshasa n (genitive Kongo-Kinshasas)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Kinshasa (synonym of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo)


Sion

From Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn).

(biblical) Zion (a hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events)


Kongo-Brazzaville

Kongo-Brazzaville n (genitive Kongo-Brazzavilles)

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English

Congo-Brazzaville (synonym of the Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa, the smaller of the two countries named Congo)


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, the smaller of the two countries named Congo)


Tjeckien

Czech Republic, Czechia (a country in Central Europe)


Visby

Visbys (genitive)
Wisby (alternative obsolete)

→ 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)


Saint Christopher och Nevis

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

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis#English:_Q763

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


Franken

Franconia (a cultural region and former duchy in Germany, comprising the northern area of modern Bavaria and lands to its immediate west)


Dorotea

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


Tasmanien

Tasmania (an island group and state of Australia; a former British colony, from 1856 to 1901)


Bosnien

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Bosnia (a geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country)

Bosnien och Hercegovina
Bosnien och Hercegovina#Swedish

(informal) Bosnia (a country in southeast Europe; in full, Bosnien och Hercegovina or Bosnien-Hercegovina)


Konstantinopel

Konstantinopel n (genitive Konstantinopels)

Konstantinopels (genitive)
Conſtantinopel (alternative obsolete)

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

(historical) Constantinople (the former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that)


Serbien

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

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


Arild

Arilds (genitive)
Her Artiz leye (alternative)
Arids Leye (alternative)
Arilds Läye (alternative)
Herr Arilds Läger (alternative)
Arillsläge (alternative)
Arveds leje (alternative)
Arels lee (alternative)
Arels läje (alternative)
Arildsläge (alternative)

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


tempel

tempel (indefinite nominative singular)
tempels (genitive indefinite singular)
templet (definite nominative singular)
templets (definite genitive singular)
tempel (indefinite nominative plural)
tempels (genitive indefinite plural)
templen (definite nominative plural)
templens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish tæmpel, from Latin templum.


Sardinien

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


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”).


Storbritannien

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Storbritannien n (genitive Storbritanniens)

Great Britain
Great Britain#English:_Q145

(loosely) Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)


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, 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 (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)


Novgorod

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

bor+

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


pagod

pagod (indefinite nominative singular)
pagods (genitive indefinite singular)
pagoden (definite nominative singular)
pagodens (definite genitive singular)
pagoder (indefinite nominative plural)
pagoders (genitive indefinite plural)
pagoderna (definite nominative plural)
pagodernas (definite genitive plural)


Amur

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


Haga

Hagas (genitive)
Hagen (alternative)
Hagerne (alternative)
Haga (alternative)

Originally from hagen (“the field”), later developed into (older dialectal) plural form haga (“the fields”). First attested in 1637.

ref

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


Karthago

Karthagos (genitive)
Kartago (alternative)

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


Österbotten

English: Ostrobothnia

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

compound

Ostrobothnia, Swedish & Finnish province


Turkiet

Southeastern Europe
Southeastern Europe#English

Turkey (a country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)


Mesopotamien

(historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)

(historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)


Pskov

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


Burgund

administrative region
administrative region

Burgundy (a historical 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)


Karelen

Karelens (genitive)
Carelen (alternative obsolete)

Karelia (a historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland)


Tjetjenien

Chechnya (a republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus)


Andalusien

autonomous community
autonomous community

Andalusia (a historical region and autonomous community in southern Spain, the most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain)


Konungariket Sverige

Kingdom of Sweden
Kingdom of Sweden#English:_Q34

Kingdom of Sweden (official name of Sweden: a country in Northern Europe)


Västerås

Västerås (genitive)
Westerås (alternative)
Weſterås (alternative)

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


Helsingborg

Helsingborgs (genitive)
Helſingborg (alternative)
Hälsingborg (alternative)

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


Jönköping

/ˈjœnˌɕøːpɪŋ/

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


Norrköping

/²nɔrːˌɕøːpɪŋ/

a city in Östergötland, eastern Sweden, the tenth-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)


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”).


Skåne

[ˈskʰoə̯ˌnɛ]

From Old Norse Skáney, from Proto-Germanic *Skadinawjō.

Scandinavian Peninsula
Scandinavian Peninsula

Scania (a former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula)

Skåne, Scania (a county in southern Sweden)


Gazaremsan

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


Stalingrad

(historical) Stalingrad (former name of Volgograd: a city, the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a famous World War II battle; used from 1925–1961)


Shetlandsöarna

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Shetlandsöarna ? (genitive Shetlandsöarnas)

Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands#English:_Q47134

Shetland Islands (an archipelago and council area of Scotland, roughly north-east of the Orkney Islands; the northernmost part of Scotland and the United Kingdom)


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)


Pommern

Pomerania (a former duchy, historical province of Prussia, and now a geographic region of Central Europe split between Germany and Poland on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea)


Flandern

Flanders (a historical region and modern administrative region in the north of Belgium, consisting of the Dutch-speaking area of Belgium)

Flanders (a historical county and cultural region of Western Europe, at its maximum covering most of Belgium, parts of northeast France, and a corner of the Netherlands; in full, County of Flanders)


moské

moské (indefinite nominative singular)
moskés (genitive indefinite singular)
moskén (definite nominative singular)
moskéns (definite genitive singular)
moskéer (indefinite nominative plural)
moskéers (genitive indefinite plural)
moskéerna (definite nominative plural)
moskéernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from French mosquée, from Italian moschea, ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid).


Sankt Petersburg

Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg#English:_Q656

Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)


Salomonöarna

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

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


Seychellerna

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


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 of Central Africa, in the Atlantic 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:_Q757

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean, comprising the islands of Saint Vincent and the island chain of the Grenadines)


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

Karlstads (genitive)
Carlstad (alternative obsolete)
Carlſtad (alternative obsolete)


Kristinehamn

Kristinehamns (genitive)
Christinehamn (alternative obsolete)
Chriſtinehamn (alternative obsolete)

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)


Övre Volta

Upper Volta (former name of Burkina Faso: a country in West Africa, used from 1958-1984)


Kalmar

Kalmars (genitive)
Calmar (alternative obsolete)

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


Boren

Of obscure origin, but compare borra (“to bore”).

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


Roxen

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


Glan

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


Motala ström

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


Stångån

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


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.


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.

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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


Viken

a lake in south-central Sweden, in Tiveden


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


Gävle

Gävles (genitive)
Gefle (alternative)
Gäfle (alternative)

a town and municipality of Gävleborg County, Sweden


Södertälje

Södertäljes (genitive)
Södertelie (alternative obsolete)
Södertelge (alternative obsolete)

/sœdɛˈʈɛlːjɛ/

a town in central Sweden, south of Stockholm.


Eskilstuna

Eskilstunas (genitive)
Eſkilstuna (alternative obsolete)

a town and municipality of Södermanland County, Sweden


Täby

a town in central Sweden, north of Stockholm


Halmstad

Halmstads (genitive)
Halmſtad (alternative obsolete)

Halmstad, a town in Halland, in southwestern Sweden


Växjö

Växjös (genitive)
Wexiö (alternative obsolete)


Trollhättan

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


Östersund

a town and municipality of Jämtland County, Sweden


Borlänge

a town and municipality of Dalecarlia County, in central Sweden


Falun

Falu (genitive)
Faluns (genitive)
Fahlun (alternative obsolete)

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)


Orsa

a town and municipality of Dalecarlia, in central Sweden


Leksand

a town and municipality of Dalarna, in central Sweden


Upplands Väsby

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Upplands Väsby n (genitive Upplands Väsbys)


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


Skövde

Skövdes (genitive)
Skiöfde (alternative obsolete)
Sköfde (alternative obsolete)

a town in Västergötland, in central Sweden


Lidköping

Lidköpings (genitive)
Lidkiöping (alternative obsolete)


Skänninge

Skänninges (genitive)
Schenninge (alternative)
Skeninge (alternative)
Skenninge (alternative)

a town in Östergötland, in central Sweden


Finspång

Finspångs (genitive)
Finſpång (alternative obsolete)


Mjölby

a town and municipality of Östergötland County, in southern Sweden


Ödeshög

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.


Vadstena

Vadstenas (genitive)
Wadstena (alternative)
Wadſtena (alternative)


Karlsborg

a small town in Västergötland, in central Sweden


Mariestad

Mariestads (genitive)
Marieſtad (alternative obsolete)

a town and municipality of Västergötland, central Sweden


Askersund

Askersunds (genitive)
Aſkerſund (alternative obsolete)

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.


Hallsberg

a small town in Närke, in central Sweden


Karlskrona

Karlskronas (genitive)
Carlscrona (alternative)
Carlskrona (alternative)

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


Ronneby

a city in Blekinge, south-eastern Sweden


Uddevalla

Uddevallas (genitive)
Uddewalla (alternative obsolete)


Lidingö

a town in central Sweden, north-east of Stockholm


Landskrona

Landskronas (genitive)
Landscrona (alternative obsolete)


Trelleborg

Trelleborgs (genitive)
Trälleborg (alternative obsolete)

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


Höör

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


Nyköping

[ˈnŷːˌɕøːpɪŋ]

a town and municipality of Södermanland County, in central Sweden


Strängnäs

Strängnäs (genitive)
Strengnäs (alternative obsolete)

a town in Södermanland, in central Sweden


Katrineholm

a small town in Södermanland, in central Sweden


Flen

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


Karlskoga

Karlskogas (genitive)
Carlsſkoga (alternative obsolete)


Åkersberga

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


Vallentuna

Vallentunas (genitive)
Wallentuna (alternative obsolete)

a town in central Sweden, north of Stockholm


Varberg

Varbergs (genitive)
Warberg (alternative obsolete)

a town in Halland, in southwestern Sweden


Alingsås

/ˈɑːlɪŋˌsoːs/

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


Piteå

a town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


Sandviken

a town in Gästrikland, in central Sweden


Märsta

a town central Sweden, north of Stockholm


Ängelholm

Ängelholms (genitive)
Engelholm (alternative obsolete)


Vänersborg

Vänersborgs (genitive)
Wennersborg (alternative obsolete)
Wenersborg (alternative obsolete)

a town in Västergötland, in western Sweden


Kungälv

Kungälvs (genitive)
Kongelf (alternative obsolete)
Kongälf (alternative obsolete)


Västervik

Västerviks (genitive)
Westervik (alternative)
Westerwik (alternative)
Weſterwijk (alternative)


Enköping

a city in central Sweden, north-west of Stockholm


Bromma

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


Tahrirtorget

Tahrir Square (a square in Cairo, Egypt)


Befrielsetorget

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)


Sachalin

Sakhalin (a large island and oblast in eastern Russia)


domkyrka

domkyrka (indefinite nominative singular)
domkyrkas (genitive indefinite singular)
domkyrkan (definite nominative singular)
domkyrkans (definite genitive singular)
domkyrkor (indefinite nominative plural)
domkyrkors (genitive indefinite plural)
domkyrkorna (definite nominative plural)
domkyrkornas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: tuomiokirkko (calque)


Blekinge

Blekinge (a historical province in southeastern Sweden)


Gästrikland

From Old Swedish Gestrikaland, Gestrikalandia.

a province of Gävleborg County, in central Sweden


Halland

From Old Swedish Halland. Likely from (dialectal) hall (“more or less flat section of rock surface”) + land (“land”), referring to the cliff formation Hovs hallar. Originally the term only referred to the southern region of today's Halland, thus possibly meaning "the land north of Hovs Hallar".
As demonym first attested in 550 as Medieval Latin Hallin. As geographical area first attested in the mid-12th century as Medieval Latin Hallandia. In Old Swedish first attested in the 1280s as Hallandi.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 106, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

Halland (a historical province in western Sweden)


Hälsingland

Hälsingland (a historical province of 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


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”).


Medelpad

a province of Västernorrland 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)


Södermanland

Södermanland (a historical province in central Sweden)


Uppland

Upplands (genitive)
Upland (alternative obsolete)

Uppland (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)


Västergötland

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Västergötland n (genitive Västergötlands)

Västergötlands (genitive)
Westergöthland (alternative)
Weſter Göthland (alternative)

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)


Östergötland

Östergötlands (genitive)
Östergöthland (alternative)
Öſter Göthland (alternative)

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.

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


Republiken Finland

Republic of Finland
Republic of Finland#English:_Q33

Republic of Finland (long form of Finland: a country in Northern Europe)


Jeriko

Jericho (a city in the West Bank, Palestine)


Kalabrien

Calabria (a peninsula and administrative region of southern Italy)


Asturien

Asturias (an autonomous community and province of Spain, on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea)

Asturias (a former kingdom existing from c. 718 to 924 C.E., in modern northwest Spain and Portugal)


Aragonien

Aragon (an autonomous community and medieval kingdom in northeastern Spain)


Ardennerna

Forest of Ardennes
Forest of Ardennes#English

Ardennes (forest, geographic region and low mountain range in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; in full, Ardennes Forest, Ardenne Forest, or Forest of Ardennes)

Ardennes (a department of Grand Est, France)


Bysans

(historical) Byzantium (an ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul)


Frygien

(historical) Phrygia (a geographic region and ancient kingdom in the west central part of Asia Minor, in what is now modern-day Turkey)


Kaldéen

(historical) Chaldea (an ancient geographic region of Western Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain)


Kastilien

(historical) Castile (a medieval kingdom and former county in the Iberian Peninsula; the nucleus of modern Spain)

Castile (a vaguely defined geographical region of central Spain generally corresponding to the regions of Old and New Castile)


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)


Dalarna

Dalarnas (genitive)
Dalarne (alternative obsolete)

From dalarna (“dales; valleys”), plural of dal (“dale; valley”).

a historical province and county in central Sweden, Dalecarlia


Nizjnij Novgorod

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Nizjnij Novgorod n (genitive Nizjnij Novgorods)

From Russian Нижний Новгород (Nižnij Novgorod).

der

Нижний Новгород

Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod#English:_Q2246

Nizhny Novgorod (an oblast and federal subject of Russia)

Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod#English:_Q891

Nizhny Novgorod (the capital city of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia; the fourth-largest in the country by population)


Kebnekaise

Kebnekaises (genitive)
Kebnekajse (alternative)

Kebnekaise (the highest mountain in Sweden)


kapell

kapell (indefinite nominative singular)
kapells (genitive indefinite singular)
kapellet (definite nominative singular)
kapellets (definite genitive singular)
kapell (indefinite nominative plural)
kapells (genitive indefinite plural)
kapellen (definite nominative plural)
kapellens (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: kappeli

From Old Swedish cappell, from Medieval Latin cappella.


Borgå

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


Lahtis

Lahtis (genitive)
Lachtis (alternative obsolete)


Galicien

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

autonomous community
autonomous community

Galicia (a former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern 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; the ancient capital of the Byzantine Empire; modern Istanbul)


Inn

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


Skeen

a village in Annerstad parish, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden


Dalmatien

Dalmatia (a historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea)

(historical) Dalmatia (a province of the Roman Empire)


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

Komorernas (genitive)
Comorerna (alternative rare)

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


Demokratiska republiken Kongo

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Demokratiska republiken Kongo n (genitive Demokratiska republiken Kongos)

Demokratiska republiken Kongos (genitive)
Demokratiska Republiken Kongo (alternative)

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa, the larger of the two countries named Congo)


Sjundeå

Siuntio (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Kyrkslätt

Kirkkonummi (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.

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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)


Ilomants

Ilomantsi (a municipality and village in North Karelia, Finland)


Borgnäs

Pornainen (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Pargas

Probably from older Finnish *Parka(i)s-, stem of *Parkainen (later Parainen, which remains the Finnish name for the town).

Southwest Finland
Southwest Finland#English

Pargas (a town and municipality of Southwest Finland, in the Archipelago Sea)


Mariehamn

Mariehamn (a municipality, the capital city of the Åland Islands, an autonomous region of Finland)


Tusby

Tuusula (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)


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, “Balladen om det stora slagsmålet på Tegelbacken”, in Resan hem:

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

(slang) nickname for Stockholm: the capital and largest city of Sweden


Laihela

Laihia (a municipality of Ostrobothnia, Finland)


Rinkeby

→ English: Rinkeby


Letala

Laitila (a town and municipality of southwestern Finland)


Vindala

Vimpeli (a municipality of South Ostrobothnia, Finland)


Kontiolax

Kontiolahti (a municipality of North Karelia, Finland)


Lappträsk

Lappträsks (genitive)
Lappträſk (alternative obsolete)

Lapinjärvi (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Mörskom

Myrskylä (a municipality of Uusimaa, 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).


Pyttis

Pyhtää (a municipality of Kymenlaakso, Finland)


Ruokolax

Ruokolahti (a municipality of South Karelia, Finland)


Vichtis

Vihti (a municipality of Uusimaa, Finland)


Sagu

Sauvo (a municipality in southwestern Finland)


Nyslott

Southern Savonia
Southern Savonia#English

Savonlinna (a town in Southern Savonia, Finland)


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)


Gävleborg

Gävleborgs (genitive)
Gäfleborg (alternative obsolete)


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


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.

a town and municipality of Stockholm County, Sweden


Tyresö

Tyresös (genitive)
Tyresiö (alternative)
Tyreſiö (alternative)
Tyresjö (alternative)
Tÿrsöö (alternative)
Töresiöö (alternative)
Töreſöö (alternative)
Törsöö (alternative)


Kungsbacka

Kungsbackas (genitive)
Kongsbacka (alternative obsolete)

a town and municipality of Halland County, Sweden


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


Stenungsund

a town and municipality of Västra Götaland County, Sweden


Lerum

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


Degerfors

a town and municipality of Örebro County, Sweden


Järfälla

a municipality of Stockholm County, Sweden


Värmdö

Värmdös (genitive)
Wermdö (alternative obsolete)


Vaxholm

Vaxholms (genitive)
Waxholm (alternative obsolete)


Norrtälje

Norrtäljes (genitive)
Norr‐Telge (alternative)
Norrtelie (alternative)
Norrtelje (alternative)


Angered

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


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

Härnösands (genitive)
Hernösand (alternative obsolete)

a town and municipality of Västernorrland County, in central Sweden


Oskarshamn

Oskarshamns (genitive)
Oscarshamn (alternative obsolete)

a town and municipality of Kalmar County, in southern Sweden


Biskopsgården

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Biskopsgården n (genitive Biskopsgårdens)


Östermalm

Compound of öster (“east”) + malm (“suburb, outskirt”), formed in analogy with Norrmalm and Södermalm. It replaced the former name Ladugårdslandet (literally “The Cowshed Land”), which referred to two royal cattle estates nearby. First attested in 1885.


Södermalm

Compound of söder (“south”) + malm (“sandy hill”), in analogy with Norrmalm. Inherited from Old Swedish Suthræ malm. Originally, it likely referred only to the area closest to Gamla Stan but over time came to encompass the whole island, which may originally have been named Åsö or Åsön (literally “the ridge island”). First attested in 1288.


Ludvika

a town and municipality of Dalecarlia County, in central Sweden


Älvdalen

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


Hedemora

Hedemoras (genitive)
Hedmora (alternative obsolete)


Säter

Säters (genitive)
Säther (alternative obsolete)


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”).


Danderyd

Danderyds (genitive)
Daneryd (alternative)
Danneryd (alternative)


Hanö

an island of Blekinge, in southern Sweden


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.


Zaporizjzja

Zaporizhzhia (an industrial city and urban hromada, the administrative center of Zaporizhzhia Raion and Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine, on the Dnipro River)

Zaporizhzhia (a raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine)

Zaporizhzhia (an oblast in southeast Ukraine, also illicitly claimed by Russia)

(historical) Zaporizhzhia (a geographic region south-central Ukraine, “beyond the rapids” in the lower reaches of the Dnipro River, base of the Zaporozhian Cossacks)


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”).


Gällivare

a town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden


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


Värnamo

Värnamos (genitive)
Wernamo (alternative obsolete)

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

a city and municipality of Jönköping county, Sweden


Strömsnäsbruk

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Strömsnäsbruk n (genitive Strömsnäsbruks)

a town by Lagan river in Markaryd municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden


Markaryd

a city and municipality of Kronoberg county, Sweden


Laholm

a city and municipality of Halland 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


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

a town in Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden


Lidhult

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


Vittaryd

Vittaryds (genitive)
Hwitarör (alternative)
Hvitarydh (alternative)

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.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 387, 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


Byholma

a village in Annerstad parish, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden


Bolmsö

Bolmsös (genitive)
Bolm (alternative archaic)
Bólmr (alternative archaic)
Bolmßöö (alternative archaic)

Inherited from Old Swedish Bolmsø.
Compound of Bolmen + ö (“island”).

När Grimmer war tolf åhra gamal, for han i hernad och wart en förnemlig frigßman Han tog ſig till huſtru Böggerd / Alfhilds och Starkoters Aludrengs dotter: och ſatte ſig till att bo i Småland / på then öen ſom heter Bolm / och kallades ſedan thär af Grimer på Bolmßöö.

1672, anonymous author, translated by Olaus Verelius, Hervarar Saga På Gammal Götska, page 3:

When Grimmer was twelve years old, he went into the army and became a distinguished freeman. He married Böggerd / Alfhild and Starkoters Aludreng's daughter: and settled down to live in Småland / on the island called Bolm / and was then called by Grimer of Bolmsö.

an island of lake Bolmen, in former Finnveden, today Småland, Sweden

a village and parish on the island of same name in Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden


Bolmstad

a village in Bolmsö island, Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden


Finnveden

Finnvedens (genitive)
Finnheden (alternative)
finnaithae (alternative)
Finnheiði (alternative)

Debated.
The first half finn may refer to a people, or roaming hunters and fishers.
The second half may be Old Swedish ed/ede (“road”) referring to Lagastigen, or Old Swedish hed (“forest area”). The contemporary form comes from early folk etymological associations with ved (“woods”).
Earliest known form attested since 551 CE via Late Latin Finnaithae in De origine actibusque Getarum by Jordanes.

a historical country later incorporated into Småland, Sweden

De origine actibusque Getarum
Finnveden
Jordanes
sv:Lagastigen


Tvåflodslandet

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Tvåflodslandet ? (genitive Tvåflodslandets)

två (“two”) + flod (“river”) + -s- + land (“land”) + -et (“the”)

compound

Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)

Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)


Vrå

From vrå (“corner”). Attested since 1543 as Wråå.


Krimhalvön

Crimean peninsula
Crimean peninsula#English:_Q7835

Crimean peninsula (a geographic region and peninsula in Eastern Europe, jutting out into the Black Sea; contested between Ukraine and Russia)


Nordcypern

Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus#English:_Q23681

Northern Cyprus (a geographic region and de facto unrecognized country comprising the northeastern part of the island of Cyprus, internationally recognized as part of the country of Cyprus)


Norrmalm

Compound of norr (“north”) + malm (“sandy hill; suburb”), formed in analogy with Södermalm. Inherited from Old Swedish Norræmalm. The term malm originally referred to the sandy slopes of the esker Brunkebergsåsen but, over time, evolved to be equivalent to "suburb" or "outskirt". First attested in 1288.

com+

a suburb and borough in Stockholm, Sweden


Västra Götaland

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Västra Götaland ? (genitive Västra Götalands)

västra (“western”) + Götaland (“Geatland”)


Lombardiet

administrative region
administrative region

Lombardy (an administrative region in northern Italy, where its capital and the largest city Milan is founded in the Po Valley)


Apulien

Apulia (a peninsula and administrative region in southern Italy)


Florens

Florence (a metropolitan city and capital city of Tuscany, Italy)


S:t Michel (canonical common-gender neuter)

(neuter) Mikkeli (a town and municipality in eastern Finland)


Östhammar

Östhammars (genitive)
Öſthammar (alternative obsolete)


Förenade arabemiraten

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Förenade arabemiraten n (genitive Förenade arabemiratens)

Förenade arabemiratens (genitive)
Förenade Arabemiraten (alternative)
Förenade Arabemiraterna (alternative misconstruction rare)

United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates#English:_Q878

United Arab Emirates (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


salutorg

salutorg (indefinite nominative singular)
salutorgs (genitive indefinite singular)
salutorget (definite nominative singular)
salutorgets (definite genitive singular)
salutorg (indefinite nominative plural)
salutorgs (genitive indefinite plural)
salutorgen (definite nominative plural)
salutorgens (definite genitive plural)

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


Myresjö

Vetlanda Municipality
Vetlanda Municipality#English

Myresjö, a locality in Vetlanda Municipality, Jönköping, Sweden


Kamtjatka

Borrowed from Russian Камча́тка (Kamčátka).

bor+

Kamchatka (a long peninsula forming part of Kamchatka Krai in the Far East of Russia, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk)


Sydsudan

South Sudan (a country in East Africa, formerly the southern part of Sudan)


Björnön

Definite form; from björn (“bear”) + ö (“island”).

Bear Island (an island of Svalbard, Norway)


Skagen

a town in Frederikshavn municipality, Denmark


Jäderen

Jäderens (genitive)
Jädern (alternative)

From Old Norse Jaðarr, compare Norwegian Jadaren, Jæren. Cognate with Danish Jæderen and Icelandic Jaðar.

Dock aͤr Vaͤrman uti Landskaperne Jaͤderen, Dalerne och Lister, som utgoͤra sydligaste delen af Norge ofta ganska stark.

1814, Daniel Djurberg, “danska Riket”, in Beskrifning över Konungariket Norge, Färöarne samt Ön Island, Stockholm, page 224:

However, the heat out in the districts Jæren, Dalane and Lister, which constitute the southernmost part of Norway, is often quite strong.


Jädern

Jäderns (genitive)
Jäderen (alternative)


bangård

bangård (indefinite nominative singular)
bangårds (genitive indefinite singular)
bangården (definite nominative singular)
bangårdens (definite genitive singular)
bangårdar (indefinite nominative plural)
bangårdars (genitive indefinite plural)
bangårdarna (definite nominative plural)
bangårdarnas (definite genitive plural)

From bana + gård. Compare Danish banegård.


Ryd

Region Kronoberg
Region Kronoberg#English

a town in Tingsryd, Region Kronoberg, Sweden

Region Jönköping
Region Jönköping#English

a village in Jönköping, Region Jönköping, Sweden

a locality in Karlskrona, Region Blekinge, Sweden

a locality in Hultsfred, Region Kalmar, Sweden


Sunnerbo

Inherited from Old Swedish Sunderbo. Compound of sunner  (“south”) + -bo (“region; district”).

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Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 303, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

(now historical) a hundred in Finnveden, Småland, Sweden


Västbo

Inherited from Old Swedish Wæstbo. Compound of väst (“west”) + -bo (“region; district”).

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Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 368, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Östbo

Inherited from Old Swedish Østbo. Compound of öst (“east”) + -bo (“region; district”).

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Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 391, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages


Södra Ljunga

Compound of södra (“south”) + ljunga (“heaters; moor”). Originally only Ljunga, but södra (“south”) was added in 1886 to differentiate from Norra Ljunga in Västbo hundred.
Earliest known form attested since 1374 as Medieval Latin parochia Lyonga.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 312, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

a village and parish of Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden


Traryd

Traryds (genitive)
Tranvrydh (alternative)

Compound of trana (“crane”) + ryd (“clearing”), origin unknown. First attested in 1404.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 325, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

a town and parish in Markaryd municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden


Tutaryd

Inherited from Old Swedish Tutarydh.
Compound of tuta (“protution; point”) + ryd (“clearing”), probably referring to the hill the church is located upon. First attested in 1406.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 330, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

a village and parish in Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden


Vidöstern

a lake in Ljungby and Värnamo municipality in southern Sweden


Bäcklund

Compound of bäck (“brook”) + lund (“grove”).

com+

a village in Robertsfors municipality, Västerbotten county, Sweden


Odensjö

Compound of Oden (“Odin”) + sjö (“lake”).
* Kronoberg county: inherited from Old Swedish Odhinsredha and Odhænsøryth. Ultimately unkown origin, but proposedly from an assumed former name of lake Bolmen, Old Swedish *Odhænsø (literally “Odin's Lake”).
* Jönköping county: inherited from Old Swedish Odhensioo. Ultimately unkown origin, but proposedly from an assumed former name of lake Barnarpasjön, Old Swedish Odhensioo (literally “Odin's Lake”).

inh+

sv:Barnarp och Odensjö
sv:Odensjö socken

a parish and district of Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden

a village in Jönköping municipality, Jönköping county, Sweden


Nougård

Adapted borrowing from Older Russian Новгородъ (Novgorod) with a Swedish ending gård


Gagauzien

Gagauzia (an autonomous territorial unit of Moldova)


Baggböle

/ˈbɑɡˌbøːlɛ/

Compound of Bagge (“male name”) + böle (“living place; farm”), in the sense Bagge's Place. Most likely referring to an aside lying farm. Attested since 1530–1531.

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SvOrtLex

Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 32, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages

a village in Umeå municipality, Västerbotten county, Sweden