Kånna

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Swedish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Unknown.

Possibly derived from Old Swedish *kvadhn (“filth; unclean”), based on a Middle Low German word, referring to the marsh and mire of the area.[1]

Earliest known form attested since 1338 as Medieval Latin Quannom.[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Kånna ? (genitive Kånnas)

  1. A village and parish of Ljungby municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), page 181, by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
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