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Sweden

/ˈswiː.dən/ · name

Meaning

  1. A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Scots Swethin, Swadne (also Swaden), from Middle Dutch Sweden, dative of Swede. Originally used to refer to the people before the late 1600s, later displaced native Old English Swēoland (literally “Swede land”), Swēoþēod (literally “Swede nation”), and Swēorīċe (literally “Swede kingdom”) to refer to the country.

  1. Swēoland(ang)
  2. Sweden(dum)
  3. Swethin(sco)
  4. Sweden (English)
  5. Relations: bor, der, cog

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