Oresund

Oresund

See also: Öresund

English

Oresund

Alternative forms

• Öresund
• Øresund

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Øresund, Swedish Öresund, from Old Norse ura suti (“in the ear-sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɜːsʊnd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɜ˞sʊnd/

Proper noun

Oresund

1. A strait that separates Denmark and Sweden.

Derived terms

• Oresund Bridge

Translations

strait

Danish: Øresund, Sundet n (definite form; colloquial) Faroese: Oyrarsund n Finnish: Juutinrauma German: Öresund m Icelandic: Eyrarsund n Norwegian: Bokmål: Øresund Nynorsk: Øresund

Old Norse: ura suti Polish: Sund m Russian: Э́ресунн m (Érɛsunn) Spanish: Øresund m, Öresund m, Sund m Swahili: Oresund Swedish: Öresund (sv), Sundet n (colloquial)

Anagrams

• enduros, resound, sounder, undoers, unsored