Laxå

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town and municipality in Örebro County, Sweden.

Word forms

Laxå

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Laxå, from Swedish Laxån (“Laxån River”), from lad + -s- + å (from Old Norse hlað and á). Literally, “Pile Creek”, referring to an artificial bank under an ancient bridge, which was a part of the Erik’s Road. False cognate of Norwegian Nynorsk Lakså.

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