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Härjedalen
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en sv Härjedalen.
Proper noun
en province/and/mun in co:Suf/Jämtland central c/Sweden.
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
From sv non Herjárdalr valley of the Härje river, from non Härje, non Härjån + non dalr. The first element non *har, non *her could mean "heap of stones," compare non hǫrgr cairn, heap of stones. Cognate with no - nn Herjådalen, nn Herjedalen and is Herjadalur.
Pronunciation
sv /ˈhɛrjɛˌdɑːlɛn/
sv Sv-Härjedalen.ogg
Proper noun
n
sv province co:Suf/Jämtland in central c/Sweden
References
Svenskt ortnamnslexikon 2003