Kiruna
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English
Proper noun
Kiruna
- A town and municipality of Lapland, in northern Sweden.
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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.
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Proper noun
Kiruna n (genitive Kirunas)
- Kiruna (a town and municipality of Lapland, in northern Sweden)