Götaland
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (archaic) Geatland, Gothia, Gothland, Gothenland, Gautland
Etymology[edit]
From Swedish Götaland. Compare native English Geatland, Old English Wedermearc.
Proper noun[edit]
Götaland
- A land in southernmost Sweden, one of Sweden's three modern lands
- (historical) the land of the tribe of the Geats
Derived terms[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (obsolete) Götland
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Swedish Götaland. From the archaic genitive plural göta, formed of götar (“Geats”) + land (“land”). First attested in 1540.[1].
Proper noun[edit]
Götaland n (genitive Götalands)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Swedish
- English terms derived from Swedish
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms spelled with Ö
- English terms spelled with ◌̈
- en:Places in Sweden
- English terms with historical senses
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish compound terms
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Sweden