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Sweden.

A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. Capital: Stockholm.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈswiː.dən/Received-Pronunciation/ˈswi.dən/US
  1. A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. Capital: Stockholm.

    People often mix up Sweden and Switzerland.
  2. A place in the United States, including

  3. A place in the United States, including: A town in Monroe County, New York.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Scots Swethin, Swadne (also Swaden), from Middle Dutch Sweden, dative of Swede. Originally used to refer to the people before the late 1600s, later displaced native Old English Swēoland (literally “Swede land”), Swēoþēod (literally “Swede nation”), and Swēorīċe (literally “Swede kingdom”) to refer to the country.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.