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malmö

/ˈmɑlmʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
mal-mo
IPA
/ˈmɑlmʊ/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Scania, Sweden; the third-largest city in the country, located on the south-west coast.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe or Malmhauge (literally “Ore Hill”), a compound equivalent to present-day malm (“ore”) + høj (“hill”); both elements are of Old Norse, earlier Proto-Germanic, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Malmö, Malmoghe, -

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɑlmʊ/
  • British English: /ˈmɑːlmɜː/

Questions

How do you pronounce malmö?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɑlmʊ/.
What does malmö mean?
A city in Scania, Sweden; the third-largest city in the country, located on the south-west coast.
Where does malmö come from?
It is traced to Swedish.

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