Malmö

UK/ˈmɑːlmɜː/UK/ˈmɑːlməʊ/UK/ˈmalməʊ/US/ˈmɑlmʊ/

proper noun

A city in Scania, Sweden; the third-largest city in the country, located on the south-west coast.

OriginSwedish Malmö ← Danish Malmoghe →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Scania, Sweden; the third-largest city in the country, located on the south-west coast.

    Perched almost on the southern tip of the Swedish peninsula, Malmö is a bland, gray-blue industrial town set amid a featureless, gray-blue landscape.

    2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 300

Origin

  1. DanishMalmoghe
  2. SwedishMalmö
  3. EnglishMalmö

From Swedish Malmö, 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.

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Translations

Arabic مَالْمُو
  • مَالْمُو (mālmū)city in Sweden
Bulgarian Ма́лмьо
  • Ма́лмьо (Málmjo)city in Sweden
Catalan Malmö
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
Chinese Mandarin 馬爾默 /马尔默
  • 馬爾默 /马尔默 (Mǎ'ěrmò)city in Sweden
Czech Malmö
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
Danish Malmø
  • Malmøcity in Sweden
Esperanto Malmo
  • Malmocity in Sweden
Estonian Malmö
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
Finnish Malmö
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
French Malmö, Malmoe
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
  • Malmoecity in Sweden
German Malmö
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
Greek Μάλμε
  • Μάλμε (Málme)city in Sweden
Hungarian Malmö
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
Icelandic Málmey, Málmhaugar
  • Málmeycity in Sweden
  • Málmhaugarcity in Sweden
Italian Malmö
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
Japanese マルメ
  • マルメ (Marume)city in Sweden
Korean 말뫼
  • 말뫼 (Malmoe)city in Sweden
Latin Malmogia
  • Malmogiacity in Sweden
Latvian Malme
  • Malmecity in Sweden
Lithuanian Malmė
  • Malmėcity in Sweden
Norwegian Malmö, Malmø
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
  • Malmøcity in Sweden
Persian مالمو
  • مالمو (mâlmo)city in Sweden
Polish Malmö
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
Portuguese Malmo, Malmö
  • Malmocity in Sweden
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
  • Malmoecity in Sweden
Russian Ма́льмё, Мальмё
  • Ма́льмё (Málʹmjo)city in Sweden
  • Мальмё (Malʹmjó)city in Sweden
Spanish Malmoe
  • Malmoecity in Sweden
Swedish Malmö
  • Malmöcity in Sweden
Ukrainian Ма́льме
  • Ма́льме (Málʹme)city in Sweden
Yiddish מאַלמע
  • מאַלמע (malme)city in Sweden
Cite this entry
APA

Malmö. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malm%C3%B6

MLA

“Malmö.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malm%C3%B6. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Malmö,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malm%C3%B6.

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