Kiruna

English

Proper noun

Kiruna

1. A town and municipality of Lapland, in northern Sweden.

Translations

municipality

• Finnish: Kiiruna (fi)
• Lule Sami: Gierun
• Northern Sami: Giron
• Southern Sami: Gïerene

Anagrams

• Kanuri, Kurian, Kurnai

Swedish

Etymology

From Finnish Kiiruna, clipping of Northern Sami Gironvárris (“ptarmigan mountain”), a mining mountain near the city which it was named after when it was founded. Giron was Finnishized to Kiiruna, which was Swedishized to Kiruna.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Kiruna n (genitive Kirunas)

1. Kiruna (a town and municipality of Lapland, in northern Sweden)