Tranemo

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Swedish Tranemo.

Proper noun

Tranemo

  1. A town and municipality in Västra Götaland, Sweden.

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

Originally name of the parish. Compound of tran(a) (“crane”) +‎ -e (genitive) +‎ mo (“sandy field, moor”). Earliest known form attested since 1413 as Old Swedish Tranumoo soken (“Tranemo parish”).[1]

Proper noun

Tranemo ? (genitive Tranemos)

  1. a town and municipality in Västra Götaland, Sweden.

References

  1. ^ Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), by Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
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