English Explanatory Dictionary

Sweden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈswiː.dən/ [ˈswɪi̯.dn̩] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Sweden.wav en-us-Sweden.ogg

Word forms

Sweden

Etymology

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.

Related words

Suecophile

Derived words

Silicon Valley of Sweden Swede Sweden and Norway Swedish Swexit
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