Laxå

proper noun

A town and municipality in Örebro County, Sweden.

OriginSwedish Laxå ← Old Norse hlað →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A town and municipality in Örebro County, Sweden.

Origin

  1. Old Norsehlað
  2. SwedishLaxån“Laxån River”
  3. SwedishLaxå
  4. EnglishLaxå

Borrowed from Swedish Laxå, from Swedish Laxån (“Laxån River”), from lad + -s- + å (from Old Norse hlað and á). Literally, “Pile Creek”, referring to an artificial bank under an ancient bridge, which was a part of the Erik’s Road. False cognate of Norwegian Nynorsk Lakså.

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