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Kiruna

American  
[kee-ry-nah] / ˈki rü nɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Sweden: important iron-mining center.


Kiruna British  
/ ˈkiːruna /

noun

  1. a town in N Sweden: iron-mining centre. Pop: 23 273 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Yet the scale and complexity of the Kiruna project, which affects two-thirds of its residents and involves demolishing and rebuilding the entire city center, makes it unique.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

“They only see Kiruna municipality as a form of colony,” Taaveniku said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025

The church's move is the most spectacular and symbolic moment of the wider relocation of buildings in Kiruna, which lies 145km north of the Arctic Circle.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

The experiment took place on 1 October 2022 -- on board of the sounding rocket TEXUS-57 that was launched from the Esrange Space Center, 40 kilometers east of Kiruna in Sweden.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

The largest of these deposits is at Kiruna in northern Sweden; in fact this is the largest single deposit of high-grade ore of any kind yet known in the world.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

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