Göteborg

[yœ-tuh-bawr-y^uh]

noun

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

Göteborg

/ 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)

Example Sentences

The blaze destroyed a large part of the Oceana water park that was scheduled to open this summer in Goteborg, Sweden’s second-largest city.

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The invasion “had a shock effect on Swedish political life,” said Henrik Ekengren Oscarsson, a political scientist at the University of Goteborg.

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Authorities could not say what had caused the fire at the Oceana water park in the popular Liseberg amusement complex in Goteborg, Sweden’s second-largest city.

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Liseberg, in downtown Goteborg, opened in 1923 and is a popular tourist destination with some 3 million visitors a year.

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The idea behind Oceana was inspired by the history of Goteborg, founded in 1621 by King Gustav II Adolf.

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