Kiruna

English

Proper noun

Kiruna

A municipality and a town in Sweden.

Translations

municipality

Finnish: Kiiruna (fi)
Lule Sami: Gierun

Northern Sami: Giron
Southern Sami: Gïerene

Anagrams

Kanuri, Kurian, Kurnai

Swedish

Etymology

From Finnish Kiiruna, clipping of Northern Sami Gironvárris (“ptarmigan mountain”), a mining mountain near the city which it was named after when it was founded. Giron was Finnishized to Kiiruna, which was Swedishized to Kiruna.

Proper noun

Kiruna n (genitive Kirunas)

Kiruna, a mining town in northern Sweden

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