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Sweden

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Swe·den  (swdn)
A country of northern Europe on the eastern Scandinavian Peninsula. The region was settled by Germanic tribes probably in Neolithic times, and by the 10th century a.d. the Swedes had extended their influence as far as the Black Sea. During the 14th century Sweden and Norway, and for a while Denmark, formed a union, but in the 16th century the Swedes revolted and established a separate state. By the 17th century Sweden was a major European power, controlling most of the Baltic coast. It lost much of its territory in the Great Northern War (1700-1721) but acquired Norway (1814) in the Napoleonic Wars, ruling it until 1905. Stockholm is the capital and the largest city. Population: 9,030,000.
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Sweden
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Noun1.SwedenSweden - a Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula
Gota Canal - a canal for small oceangoing ships to enter Lake Vanern in Sweden
Common Market, EC, EEC, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union, EU, Europe - an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members; "he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union"
Scandinavia - a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian
capital of Sweden, Stockholm - the capital and largest city of Sweden; located in southern Sweden on the Baltic; "the Nobel Prize is awarded in Stockholm"
Malmo - a port in southern Sweden
Lund - a city in southern Sweden
Goeteborg, Goteborg, Gothenburg - a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden
Uppsala, Upsala - a city in east central Sweden to the northwest of Stockholm
Lake Vanern, Vanern - a lake in southwestern Sweden; the largest lake in Sweden
Swede - a native or inhabitant of Sweden
Translations
Sweden [ˈswiːdn] nSuecia
Sweden [ˈswiːdn] nSuède f
Sweden [ˈswiːdn] nSchweden nt
Sweden [ˈswiːdn] nSvezia


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