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- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Proper noun
  - 1.2.1 Translations

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The Sound

[edit] Etymology

From the common noun sound (“strait, inlet”).

[edit] Proper noun

the Sound

The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund.

[edit] Translations

strait that separates Zealand from Scania

Danish: Øresund (da) n.
Dutch: De Sont (nl)
Faroese: Oyrarsund (fo) n.
Finnish: Juutinrauma (fi)

French: détroit du Sund (fr) m.
Icelandic: Eyrarsund (is) n.
Norwegian: Øresund (no) n.
Old Norse: Eyrasund n., Eyrarsund n.
Swedish: Öresund (sv) n.

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