Linköping

English

Linköping

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Linköping.

Proper noun

Linköping

1. A city, the seventh-largest in Sweden, and the capital of Östergötland county.

Translations

Swedish city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 林雪平 (zh) (Línxuěpíng)

• German: Linköping
• Russian: Линчёпинг m (Linčóping)
• Swedish: Linköping (sv)

Swedish

Etymology

From ljung (“heather”) +‎ köping (“market town”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪnːˌɕøːpɪŋ/

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Proper noun

Linköping n (genitive Linköpings)

1. Linköping, a city in Sweden, in the province Östergötland.

References

• Linköping in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)