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