Halmstad

== English == === Proper noun === Halmstad A town in Halland, in southwestern Sweden. ==== Translations ==== == Swedish == === Alternative forms === Halmſtad (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Danish Halmsthat. Prossibly compound of halm (“reed, bulrush”) +‎ sthat (“place”). Originally the name of a now-vanished village near the Övraby church ruin and the river Nissan, before moving 2–3 km south to its present location in the 1320s. First attested in 1295. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhâlmsta(d)/ === Proper noun === Halmstad n (genitive Halmstads) Halmstad, a town in Halland, in southwestern Sweden === References ===