Halland

English Proper noun en historical province in western c/Sweden. en settlement par/East Hoathly with Halland dist/Wealden co/East Sussex cc/England OS grid ref TQ5016. en terms suffixed with -land Swedish sv: thumb|Halland Etymology From sv gmq-osw Halland. Likely from gmq-osw hall land more or less flat section of rock surface dialectal land, referring to the cliff formation sv Hovs hallar. Originally the term only referred to the southern region of today's Halland, thus possibly meaning "the land north of Hovs Hallar". As demonym 550 1 as la-med Hallin. As geographical area the mid-12th century 1 as la-med Hallandia. In Old Swedish 1280s 1 as gmq-osw Hallandi.SvOrtLex Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 106, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages Pronunciation sv /ˈhaˌland/ sv Sv-Halland.ogg Proper noun n sv historical province in western c/Sweden Halland References