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 1934, she embarked on a European tour, where she sang, danced and acted before enthralled audiences in cities large and small, from Madrid to Göteborg, Sweden.

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

I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to see “Blind Spot” in Sweden, where it was one of a bracing clutch of films presented at this year’s Göteborg Film Festival.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 9, 2019

Then two Swedes with unpronounceable names who, by their embellishments, informed the world that they hailed respectively from Göteborg and Helsingborg.

From Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories by Dorling, H. Taprell (Henry Taprell)