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Kiruna

American  
[kee-ry-nah] / ˈki rü nɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Sweden: important iron-mining center.


Kiruna British  
/ ˈkiːruna /

noun

  1. a town in N Sweden: iron-mining centre. Pop: 23 273 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“We are ready to make new sacrifices in Kiruna, but not at the current price.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

Kiruna is home to one the world’s largest deposits of iron ore, used to produce Swedish jet fighters and combat vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

As the massive walls of Kiruna church begin to inch forward, thousands of residents and visitors - Sweden's King Carl Gustaf among them - are expected to line the route.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2025

The experiment took place on 1 October 2022 -- on board of the sounding rocket TEXUS-57 that was launched from the Esrange Space Center, 40 kilometers east of Kiruna in Sweden.

From Science Daily Jun. 4, 2024

The largest of these deposits is at Kiruna in northern Sweden; in fact this is the largest single deposit of high-grade ore of any kind yet known in the world.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

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