Schwäbisch Hall

English

Proper noun

Schwäbisch Hall

  1. A town, the administrative seat of Schwäbisch Hall district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  2. A rural district in north-east Baden-Württemberg.

German

Alternative forms

  • Hall (full name until 1930, still used colloquially)

Etymology

Schwäbisch (“Swabian”) + Hall, the second element of uncertain origin, unrelated to Halle (“hall”), but perhaps rather from a word referring to sites of open-pan saltworks, for which see Hallstatt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʃvɛːbɪʃ ˈhal/
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Proper noun

Schwäbisch Hall n (proper noun, genitive Schwäbisch Halls or (optionally with an article) Schwäbisch Hall)

  1. a town and rural district of Baden-Württemberg

References

  • Kuno Ulshöfer, Herta Beutter (ed.): Hall und das Salz. Beiträge zur hällischen Stadt- und Salinengeschichte, Sigmaringen 1982, p. 8.
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