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Norrmalm
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English
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Proper noun
en suburb/and/borough in city/Stockholm c/Sweden.
Swedish
Etymology
sv :inh gmq-osw:Norræmalm :af norr malm :influence Södermalm
sv norr malm north sandy hill; suburb, formed in analogy with sv Södermalm. sv gmq-osw Norræmalm. The term sv malm originally referred to the sandy slopes of the esker Brunkebergsåsen but, over time, evolved to be equivalent to "suburb" or "outskirt". 1288.Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
Proper noun
sv suburb/and/borough in city/Stockholm c/Sweden
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