Norrmalm

English

Proper noun

Norrmalm

  1. A suburb and borough in Stockholm, Sweden.

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of norr (“north”) +‎ malm (“sandy hill; suburb”), formed in analogy with Södermalm. Inherited from Old Swedish Norræmalm. The term malm originally referred to the sandy slopes of the esker Brunkebergsåsen but, over time, evolved to be equivalent to "suburb" or "outskirt". First attested in 1288.[1]

Proper noun

Norrmalm ? (genitive Norrmalms)

  1. a suburb and borough in Stockholm, Sweden
  1. ^ Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
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