"Halland" meaning in Swedish

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈhaˌland/ Audio: Sv-Halland.ogg Forms: Hallands [genitive]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|Halland}} Old Swedish Halland, {{com|gmq-osw|hall|land|q1=dialectal|t1=more or less flat section of rock surface|t2=land}} (dialectal) hall (“more or less flat section of rock surface”) + land (“land”), {{etydate|550|nocap=1}} first attested in 550, {{cog|la-med|Hallin}} Medieval Latin Hallin, {{etydate|the mid-12th century|nocap=1}} first attested in the mid-12th century, {{cog|la-med|Hallandia}} Medieval Latin Hallandia, {{etydate|1280s|nocap=1}} first attested in the 1280s, {{ref|Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 106, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages|name=SvOrtLex}} Head templates: {{head|sv|proper noun|genitive|Hallands|g=n|head=}} Halland n (genitive Hallands), {{sv-proper noun|n}} Halland n (genitive Hallands)
  1. Halland (a historical province in western Sweden) Tags: neuter Categories (place): Places in Sweden

Inflected forms

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