Stralsund

== English == === Proper noun === Stralsund A city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. ==== Translations ==== == German == === Etymology === First mentioned as Stralesund in 1240. The first element strał (“arrow”) is derived from a West Slavic language, the second element Sund (“sound, strait”) is of Germanic origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃtʁaːlzʊnt/, (non-local often) /ˌʃtʁaːlˈzʊnt/ === Proper noun === Stralsund n (proper noun, genitive Stralsunds or (optionally with an article) Stralsund) Stralsund (an independent city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) === Further reading === Stralsund on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Stralsund on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de