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Sverige

American  
[sve-ree-ye] / ˈsvɛ ri jɛ /

noun

  1. Swedish name of Sweden.


Sverige British  
/ ˈsværjə /

noun

  1. the Swedish name for Sweden

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The Ung I Sverige protests did not stop deportations to Afghanistan.

From The Guardian Aug. 3, 2020

In 2008, Zara entered Talang Sverige - Sweden's version of Britain's Got Talent - mainly because there was no age restriction, unlike X Factor or Swedish Idol.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2017

The initiator was the Swedish seaplane Sverige, a Junkers like the Bremen of past fame.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sweden is called Sverige by the natives; La Suède by the French; Schweden by the Germans; La Svezia by the Italians; and Suecia by the Spaniards.

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

See on this subject a most valuable discussion by Hans Forssell in his Anteckningar om mynt, vigt, mått, och varupris i Sverige, pp. 19-43, printed at the end of his Sver. inre hist., vol. ii.

From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Paul Barron Watson

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