Kattegat

English

Alternative forms

• Cattegat

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch kat (“cat”) and gat (“hole, port”), the idea being that the Danish Straits lying at the bottom of present day Kattegat were so narrow that only a cat could squeeze through.

Proper noun

Kattegat

1. A body of water between Jutland and the Swedish mainland.

Translations

body of water

• Danish: Kattegat (da)
• Dutch: Kattegat n
• German: Kattegat (de) n, Kattegatt n
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• Old Norse: Jótlandshaf
• Russian: Ка́ттегат m (Káttegat)
• Swedish: Kattegatt (sv) n