Kungsportsavenyen

Swedish thumb|Kungsportsavenyen from Götaplatsen. {"type": "FeatureCollection", "features":[{"type": "Feature","properties": {"stroke": "#990000", "stroke-width": 4, "stroke-opacity": 1}, "geometry": {"coordinates": [[11.979318406489625, 57.697368954881995],[11.97051210191978, 57.70349069483285]], "type": "LineString"}, "id": 0}]} Alternative forms sv Kungsportsavenyn informal sv Avenyn abbreviation Etymology sv Kungsport -s- aveny -en The Kingsgate Avenue. Named after the city gate Kungsport (Kingsgate 1), demolished in 1838, that was situated at the north end of the avenue. 1867. Proper noun sv street dist/Lorensberg,Vasastaden city/Gothenburg c/Sweden sv 1867-03-15 w:Göteborgs-Posten 2 https://tidningar.kb.se/j2v7091v1jhqh49/part/1/page/2?q=Kungsportsavenyen Stadskamreraren, t. f. stadsingeniören och stadsarkitekten som icke funnit något af dessa törslag tillfredsställande, men gifvit företrädet åt det sistnämnda, hade dessutom inkommit med ett eget förslag till tomtplats, ungefär på midten af landeriet n:o 96, Mariefreds obebyggda område, vester om blifvande Kungsportsavenyen, mellan Storgatan i norr och Stora Allégatan i söder, innehållande en ytvidd af 69,696 qvadratfot. The City Treasurer, the Acting City Engineer and the City Architect, none of whom had found any of the aforesaid proposals satisfactory, though having given preference to the last named, had moreover submitted a proposal of his own concerning the site for the building lot, situated about the middle of estate number 96, in the as yet unbuilt district of Mariefred, to the west of the future Kungsportsavenyen, and lying between Storgatan on the north and Stora Allee Gatan on the south, comprising an area of 69,696 square feet. Usage notes The official spelling sv Kungsportsavenyen uses the definite suffix sv -en, which may be considered unusual or archaic in contemporary texts. As a result, the more modern spelling convention sv Kungsportsavenyn, with sv -n, is often used in less official contexts.