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Gothenburg

American  
[goth-uhn-burg, got-n-] / ˈgɒθ ənˌbɜrg, ˈgɒt n- /

noun

  1. Göteborg.


Gothenburg British  
/ ˈɡɒθənˌbɜːɡ /

noun

  1. the English name for Göteborg

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His parents are from Argentina, but they immigrated to Sweden and Mr. González was born in Gothenburg in 1978.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The V-Dem Institute, based in Sweden’s University of Gothenburg, has been compiling the world’s largest dataset on democracy for more than a decade.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

Trams were suspended in the western city of Gothenburg and the authorities in the wider region warned people not to drive and stay at home if possible.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

The research by scientists at the Natural History Museum in London, the UK National Oceanography Centre and the University of Gothenburg was conducted at the request of deep sea mining company The Metals Company.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

When she was twenty-six years old, she accompanied him on a journey to Gothenburg, but they never reached their destination.

From The Story of Our Hymns by Ryden, Ernest Edwin