Gothenburg

//ˈɡɑθn̩bɝɡ// name

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  1. 1
    A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.

    "This is what Staffan I. Lindberg, the director of the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, had to say about the state of the world while speaking over the phone to the Hankyoreh on Thursday, only a few days ahead of the UN-designated International Day of Democracy on Sept. 15."

  2. 2
    A city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States, originally settled by Swedish people.

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"This is what Staffan I. Lindberg, the director of the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, had to say about the state of the world while speaking over the phone to the Hankyoreh on Thursday, only a few days ahead of the UN-designated International Day of Democracy on Sept. 15."

Etymology

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

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