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sweden

/ˈswi.dən/

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What does sweden mean?

proper noun

  1. A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Sweden. Capital: Stockholm.
  2. A place in the United States, including
  3. A town in Monroe County, New York.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈswi.dən/

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Their father had played the oboe in an orchestra in Sweden, before he came to America to better his fortunes.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
The government hopes the boost in export competitiveness from the depreciation will help lift Sweden out of its 3-year recession.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1993 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #87
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This, in Middle Sweden, is a fine brewer's barley, but liable to failure during unfavourable summers on account of its slender stems.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
The plunder gained in Germany enriched only a few individuals, among the nobles and the soldiers, while Sweden itself remained poor as before.
Friedrich SchillerThe History of the Thirty Years' WarTranslated by A. J. W. (Alexander James William) MorrisonProject Gutenberg ebook #566
It is asserted that in Sweden, which any one would have thought a more favourable climate, the rabbit cannot live out of doors.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944