Malmø
Danish
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): /ˈmalmøː/, [ˈma̝lmø]
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