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Kiruna.

Kiruna (a town and municipality of Lapland, in northern Sweden)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Svenska language

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  1. Kiruna (a town and municipality of Lapland, in northern Sweden)

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Where this word comes from

From Finnish Kiiruna, clipping of Northern Sami Gironvárris (“ptarmigan mountain”) (apparently giron "ptarmigan" + várri "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.

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