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Uppsala.

A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈʊpsɑːlə/UK/ʊpˈsɑlə/US
  1. A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country.

  2. A county in eastern Sweden.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).

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