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Goteborg

Goteborg is the alternative form of Gothenburg.

Meaning of Gothenburg

Proper noun

Gothenburg

  1. A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Västergötland. It is the second-largest city in Sweden.
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  2. A city in Dawson County, Nebraska, United States, originally settled by Swedish people.

Origin of Goteborg

Borrowed from Swedish Göteborg.

Questions about Goteborg

What is Goteborg the alternative form of?
Goteborg is the alternative form of Gothenburg.

Words near Goteborg in the dictionary

  1. gotchu
  2. gotchya
  3. Gotco
  4. gotdamn
  5. gote
  6. Goteborg
  7. gotes
  8. goth
  9. goth out
  10. goth up
  11. goth venue

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Goteborg (page history and authors); Gothenburg (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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