Västerbotten
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish Västerbotten, from väster (“western”) + botten (“bottom, basin”).
Proper noun
Västerbotten
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
province and county of Sweden
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Northern Sami
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish Västerbotten.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Västerbotten
- Västerbotten (a county of Sweden)
- Västerbotten, Westrobothnia (a historical province of Sweden)
Inflection
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| Nominative | Västerbotten | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | Västerbottena | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | Västerbotten | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | Västerbottena | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | Västerbottena | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | Västerbottenii | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | Västerbottenis | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | Västerbotteniin | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | Västerbottenin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Swedish
Etymology
From väster (“western”) + botten (“basin, bottom of a body of water”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Västerbotten n (genitive Västerbottens)
- Västerbotten (a county of Sweden)
- Västerbotten, Westrobothnia (a historical province of Sweden)