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Ljungby
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en sv Ljungby.
Proper noun
en city/and/municipality co:suf/Kronoberg c/Sweden.
en village mun:suf/Kalmar co:suf/Kalmar c/Sweden.
en village mun:suf/Falkenberg co:suf/Halland c/Sweden.
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
sv ljung by heather, Calluna vulgaris farm; village. In all senses, after the heather-covered heath surrounding the location at the time. https://www.isof.se/lar-dig-mer/publikationer/publikationer/2016-01-01-svenskt-ortnamnslexikon Svenskt ortnamnslexikon 2016 194 Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
Compare nn Lyngbø.
Pronunciation
sv /²jɵŋbʏ/
sv sv-Ljungby.ogg
Proper noun
n
sv city/and/municipality co:suf/Kronoberg c/Sweden. since 1301
sv village mun:suf/Kalmar co:suf/Kalmar c/Sweden.since 1248
sv village mun:suf/Falkenberg co:suf/Halland c/Sweden.since c. 1300
References
sv Towns in Sweden