Göteborg

American  

[yœ-tuh-bawr-y^uh] / ˌjœ təˈbɔr jə /

noun

1. a seaport in SW Sweden, on the Kattegat.

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Göteborg British  

/ jœtəˈbɔrj /

noun

1. a port in SW Sweden, at the mouth of the Göta River: the largest port and second largest city in the country; developed through the Swedish East India Company and grew through Napoleon's continental blockade and with the opening of the Göta Canal (1832); university (1891). Pop: 481 523 (2004 est)

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Göteborg

Some 9,700 years ago, a group of people were camping on the west coast of Scandinavia, north of what is today Göteborg.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 18, 2024

In Göteborg, for example, she performed eight numbers that included the Chinese folk song "Jasmine Flower" and the contemporary French hit "Parlez-moi d'Amour."

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2022

Göteborg does not have a men’s team and said Tuesday that it is unable to compete at the elite level when major Swedish and European clubs have started spending more money on their women’s teams.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2020

He incorporated the blindfold and flashlight used in his 2011 group crawl in Göteborg, Sweden, and introduced music, scent and the relay format for the first time.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2019

Then I had shared for a whole month Göteborg family and social life.

From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen