Gamlestaden

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • Gamblestaden (archaic)

Etymology

Compound of gamle +‎ stad +‎ -en, literally “The Old City”. Referring to a city originally named Nya Lödöse, which was abandoned in 1624 following the foundation of Gothenburg. First attested in 1643 as Gamblestaden.[1]

Proper noun

Gamlestaden ? (genitive Gamlestadens)

  1. a district in Gothenburg, Sweden

References

  1. ^ Svenskt ortnamnslexikon (2016), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore and Uppsala University Department of Scandinavian Languages
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