411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
Gamlestaden
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
Swedish
sv:
thumb|Gamlestaden
{ "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "properties": { "stroke": "#DD0000", "stroke-width": 2 }, "ids":"Q3565367"}
Alternative forms
sv Gamblestaden archaic
Etymology
sv gamle stad -en The Old City. Referring to the former city of Nya Lödöse, located there and abandoned in 1624 after Gothenburg was founded. 1643 as sv Gamblestaden .Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
Proper noun
sv district in city/Gothenburg c/Sweden
References