Malmö

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːlmɜː/, /ˈmɑːlməʊ/, /ˈmalməʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑlmʊ/, /ˈmɑlmoʊ/

Malmö

1. The third-largest city in Sweden, located on the southwest coast of the country.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 300:

     Perched almost on the southern tip of the Swedish peninsula, Malmö is a bland, gray-blue industrial town set amid a featureless, gray-blue landscape.

Borrowed 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalmøː/

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Malmö n (proper noun, genitive Malmös or (optionally with an article) Malmö)

1. Malmö (a city in Sweden)

Unadapted borrowing from Swedish Malmö, from Middle Danish Malmoghe, Malmhauge, from malm + høj, from Old Norse, from Proto-Germanic, form Proto-Indo-European.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmal.mɛ/

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• Rhymes: -almɛ
• Syllabification: Mal‧mö

Malmö n (indeclinable)

1. Malmö (a city in Sweden)

• Malmö in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Malmö in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Malmö f

1. Alternative spelling of Malmo

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmalˌmøː/

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• Rhymes: -øː

Malmö n (genitive Malmös)

1. Malmö (a city in Sweden)