Tumba
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after a mill Tumbokvarn (Old Swedish Tumboqwern), a contraction meaning "Tumba's mill," from the obsolete farm Tuna + kvarn (“mill”). The former could be related to the Scandinavian name Tonna, a pet form of Old Norse Þórný, from the root of Þórr (“Thor”) + nýr (“new”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Tumba n (genitive Tumbas)
- A town in central Sweden, south of Stockholm
References[edit]
Wahlberg Mats, red (2003). Svenskt ortnamnslexikon. Uppsala: Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet (SOFI). sid. 328