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Swedophone

Swedophone adjective: swedish-speaking.

Adjective

Swedophone (not comparable)

  1. Swedish-speaking.
    • The Swedophone part of the population (approximately 13 percent in 1900)2007, Bjarne Thorup Thomsen, Centring on the Peripheries, page 40
    • Over half the population are Swedophone in Jakobstad (Finnish: Pietarsaari), one of the most distinctive and enchanting spots on this part of the Finnish west coast known as parallelsverige (parallel Sweden).2015, Lonely Planet Scandinavia

Noun

Swedophone (plural Swedophones)

  1. A speaker of Swedish.
    • Swedophones may turn to the works of Christian Palme and Bo Pellnäs.2005, Sabrina P. Ramet, Thinking about Yugoslavia, page 311
    • These people would then have been forced to abandon their language and become Swedophones.2006, Carl O. Nordling, Finland: The Making of a Nation, page 98

Examples of Swedophone in a sentence

  • Studies in Swedophone Literature and Culture2016, The Reception of Byzantium in European Culture since 1500:
  • To ensure the survival of their language, the Swedophones now had to assert their right to be part of that country2007, Bjarne Thorup Thomsen, Centring on the Peripheries, page 42:

Forms of Swedophone

pluralSwedophones

Origin of Swedophone

From Swedo- + -phone.

Questions about Swedophone

What does Swedophone mean?
Swedophone means swedish-speaking.
How do you use Swedophone in a sentence?
Studies in Swedophone Literature and Culture
What part of speech is Swedophone?
Swedophone can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Swedophone in the dictionary

  1. Swedocentric
  2. Swedophile
  3. Swedophiles
  4. Swedophobe
  5. Swedophobes
  6. Swedophone
  7. Swedophones
  8. swee
  9. swee swee
  10. Sweeden
  11. Sweedens

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