Kiruna
English
Proper noun
Kiruna
- A municipality and a town in Sweden.
Translations
municipality
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Anagrams
- Kanuri, Kurian, Kurnai
Swedish
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.
Proper noun
Kiruna n (genitive Kirunas)
- Kiruna, a mining town in northern Sweden