Södermalm

English

Proper noun

Södermalm

  1. An island, district, and borough in Stockholm, Sweden.

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of söder (“south”) +‎ malm (“sandy hill”), in analogy with Norrmalm. Inherited from Old Swedish Suthræ malm. Originally, it likely referred only to the area closest to Gamla Stan but over time came to encompass the whole island, which may originally have been named Åsö or Åsön (literally “the ridge island”). First attested in 1288.[1]

Proper noun

Södermalm n (genitive Södermalms)

  1. a district of Stockholm, Sweden

References

  1. ^ Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
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