Etymology

Gothenburg

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Today it means: A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden. Full definition →

Swedish Göteborg ← German Gothenburg
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  1. German · derived fromGothenburg
  2. Swedish · derived fromGöteborg
  3. English todayGothenburg

Ultimately from Swedish Göteborg, probably via German Gothenburg (now archaic).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.