Malmö

See also: Malmo, Malmø, and Malmoe

English

Etymology

From Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːlmɜː/, /ˈmɑːlməʊ/, /ˈmalməʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑlmʊ/, /ˈmɑlmoʊ/

Proper noun

Malmö

1. The third-largest city in Sweden, located on the southwest coast of the country.

Translations

city in Sweden

• Arabic: مَالْمُو m (mālmū)
• Armenian: Մալմյո (Malmyo)
• Azerbaijani: Malmö (az)
• Bulgarian: Малмьо n (Malmjo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: ^{(please verify)} 馬列麥／马列麦 (maa⁵ lit⁶ maak⁶)

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 馬爾默／马尔默 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrmò), ^{(please verify)} 马尔默 (Mǎ'ěrmò)

• Danish: Malmø (da) n
• Estonian: Malmö (et)
• Finnish: Malmö (fi)
• French: Malmö (fr) f, Malmoe f
• Georgian: მალმე (malme)
• German: Malmö n
• Greek: Μάλμε n (Málme)
• Hungarian: Malmö (hu)
• Icelandic: Málmey f, Málmhaugar m
• Italian: Malmö f
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• Japanese: マルメ (Marume)
• Korean: 말뫼 (Malmoe)
• Latin: Malmogia f
• Latvian: Malme f
• Limburgish: ^{(please verify)} Mallemsberg (li) n, ^{(please verify)} Malmeu (li) n
• Lithuanian: Malmė f
• Macedonian: Ма́лме n (Málme)
• Norwegian: Malmö n, Malmø n
• Persian: مالمو (mâlmo)
• Polish: Malmö (pl) n
• Portuguese: Malmo f, Malmö f, Malmoe f
• Russian: Ма́льмё (ru) n (Málʹmjo), Мальмё (ru) n (Malʹmjó)
• Spanish: Malmoe (es) f
• Swedish: Malmö (sv) n
• Ukrainian: Ма́льме n (Málʹme)
• Yiddish: מאַלמע n (malme)

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German

Etymology

From Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalmøː/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Malmö n (genitive Malmös)

1. Malmö (a city in Sweden)

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Polish

Etymology

From Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ˈmal.mɛ//

Proper noun

Malmö n (indeclinable)

1. Malmö (a city in Sweden)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Malmö f

1. Alternative spelling of Malmo

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Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalˌmøː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -øː

Proper noun

Malmö n (genitive Malmös)

1. Malmö (a city in Sweden)

Derived terms

• malmöisk
• malmöit
• malmöitisk