Göteborg

[ yœ-tuh-bawr-yuh ]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Sweden, on the Kattegat.

Göteborg

/ jœtəˈbɔrj /

noun

1. a port in SW Sweden, at the mouth of the Göta River: the largest port and second largest city in the country; developed through the Swedish East India Company and grew through Napoleon's continental blockade and with the opening of the Göta Canal (1832); university (1891). Pop: 481 523 (2004 est)

Example Sentences

She’s an environmental scientist at RISE, the Research Institutes of Sweden in Göteborg.

From Science News For Students

The letter bore the postmark of Goteborg, and was written by the old man's eldest son, Ragnar Lonner, the husband of the matron.

From Project Gutenberg

I arrived, on the eighth day of this month, at Goteborg, in safety and in good health.

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The first domestic science school was organized in Europe in the year 1865 at Goteborg.

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