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Halmstad
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English
Proper noun
en town p/Halland in southwestern c/Sweden.
Translations
city in Halland, Sweden
Danish: da Halmstad n, da Halmsted n historical form
Japanese: ja ハルムスタッド Harumusutaddo
Latin: la Halmostadium n
Spanish: es Halmstad
Swedish: sv Halmstad n
Swedish
sv:
Alternative forms
sv Halmſtad obsolete
Etymology
loanword borrowed from sv gmq-oda Halmsthat. Prossibly gmq-oda halm sthat reed, bulrush place 1 1. Originally the name of a now-vanished village near the Övraby church ruin and the river Nissan, before moving 2–3 km south to its present location in the 1320s. 1295.SvOrtLex Svenskt ortnamnslexikon – H, Habblarp–Höör (2016), by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
Pronunciation
sv /ˈhâlmsta(d)/
sv Sv-Halmstad.ogg
Proper noun
n
en Halmstad, sv town p/Halland in southwestern c/Sweden
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