Småland

English

Proper noun

Småland

  1. A historical province in southeastern Sweden.

Anagrams

Swedish
The province Småland and its location, with contemporary borders.
A map with the historical border and small-countries. The dots represent runestones, where the highlighted red dots tell about long-distance journeys.

Etymology

Compound of små (“small”) +‎ land (“country”). From the smaller countries located between the Geat (later Swedish) and Danish border, which would later merge into the province Småland.

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Småland n (genitive Smålands)

  1. Småland (a historical province in southeastern Sweden)

Usage notes
  • It is worth noting that Småland is a landskap (“province”), which is a historical and cultural region without any official administrative significance. For the administrative regions within, called län (“county”) or region (“county”), see meronyms.

Meronyms

(The current administrative regions):

(The historic small-countries):

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