Göta

British  

/ ˈjøːta /

noun

1. a river in S Sweden, draining Lake Vänern and flowing south-southwest to the Kattegat: forms part of the Göta Canal, which links Göteborg in the west with Stockholm in the east. Length: 93 km (58 miles)

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Example Sentences

He skates most of those on a 250-meter oval in Trollhättan, a city of about 60,000 on the Göta älv River in western Sweden.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022

For several years John commanded his six hundred men at the Göta Canal, and then he decided to enter the army.

From Historic Boyhoods by Holland, Rupert Sargent

Fru Banker agreed to return to Stockholm by way of the Göta Canal.

From Little Erik of Sweden by Brandeis, Madeline

Sweden had shown the world much that was new in the building of the Göta Canal, and many of the improvements had been due to the boy cadet Ericsson.

From Historic Boyhoods by Holland, Rupert Sargent

Soon after, pilots were taken, and the vessels stood into the harbor of Gottenburg, which is formed by the mouth of Göta River.

From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver