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Swedish
Etymology
Compound of Lagan (“Lagan”) + ån (“the river”). Possibly to differentiate from the town Lagan and the trade route Lagastigen.
Proper noun
Lagaån n (genitive Lagaåns)
- (informal) The Swedish river Lagan.
- Synonym: Lagan
2022 November 22, “Jaktledaren berättar – varg skjuten i Markaryd [The hunt leader tells - wolf shot in Markaryd]”, in Jaktjournalen:Men vi fick rapport om att vargen simmat över Lagaån i Bäckaryd, söder om Ljungby.- But we received a report that the wolf swam across river Lagan in Bäckaryd, south of Ljungby.
1842, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Tre fruar i Småland, volume I, page 101:Man såg den sköna Lagaån, och man gladdes.- They saw the beautiful Lagan river, and they smile.
1836 April 19, Aftonbladet, page 3:Damfästet för Lagaån vid Säteriet Torpa har blifvit till stor del af den påträngande starka vattenmassan upphrutet och bortfördt, hvarigenom det i sjön Asunden frigjorda vattnet framstörtat och åstadkommit mycken skada på broar och vattenverk.- The dam for Lagan river at Torpa Manor has been largely destroyed and carried away by the encroaching strong mass of water, whereby the water released in Lake Asunden rushed forward and caused a lot of damage to bridges and waterworks.