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Finnish
Etymology
From Danish Helsingør (possibly through Swedish Helsingör). Compare also Helsinki (both can be possibly traced back to a common root, Old Norse hals).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Helsingör
- Elsinore (a city in northern Zealand, Denmark)
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsingborg, Helsingfors and Hälsingland.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Helsingör n (genitive Helsingörs)
- Elsinore (a city in northern Zealand, Denmark)