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Elsinore

//ˈɛlsɪnɔː// name

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  1. 1
    A city in northern Zealand, Denmark. Its Kronborg Castle served as the setting for William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.
  2. 2
    A neighbourhood in north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  3. 3
    A community in Arran-Elderslie municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
  4. 4
    Former name of Lake Elsinore, California (the settlement was renamed in 1972).
  5. 5
    A town in Sevier County, Utah, United States.

Etymology

From Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsinki and Helsingborg.

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