Schwandorf

English

Proper noun

Schwandorf

1. A town and rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.

German

Etymology

From Old High German Suainicondorf, where the second element is dorf (“village”) (modern Dorf) and the first is apparently of Slavic origin. The association with Schwan (“swan”) is considered a folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvaːnˌdɔʁf/

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Proper noun

Schwandorf n (proper noun, genitive Schwandorfs or (optionally with an article) Schwandorf)

1. A town and rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria
2. (historical) Zwanowice (a village in Otmuchów district, Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland)