landskommunsvapen

Swedish

Etymology

landskommun (“rural municipality”) +‎ -s- +‎ vapen (“arms”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /landskɔmʉːnsvɑːpɛn/

Noun

landskommunsvapen n

  1. (heraldry) arms of a rural municipality

Usage notes

Nowadays, this term is mostly used in describing historical conditions, as the distinction between rural municipalities and cities has been abolished in Sweden and Finland. Originally, the distinction was however heraldically significant, as arms for rural municipalities are a significantly newer phenomenon than those of cities.

Declension

Declension of landskommunsvapen
nominative genitive
singular indefinite landskommunsvapen landskommunsvapens
definite landskommunsvapnet landskommunsvapnets
plural indefinite landskommunsvapen landskommunsvapens
definite landskommunsvapnen landskommunsvapnens

Hypernyms

References

  • Jesper Wasling (2021) Waslings heraldiska ordbok [Wasling’s Heraldic Dictionary] (in Swedish), Stockholm: Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC
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