Viborg

== English == === Etymology === From Swedish Viborg from vi (“sanctuary, sacred area”) +‎ borg (“fortress, castle; city”), from Old Norse vé + borg via Old Swedish borgh. Doublet of Vyborg. === Pronunciation === enPR: vēʹbôrg', vēʹbərk (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈviːˌbɔːɡ/, /ˈviː.bək/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈviˌbɔɹɡ/, /ˈvi.bɚk/ === Proper noun === Viborg A city in Jutland, Denmark, pop. 91.405 (as of 2007) A city in Karelia (now part of Russia, in earlier times part of Finland and Sweden), pop. 79,224 (as of 2002), usually spelled Vyborg. A town in Turner County, South Dakota, pop. 832 (as of 2000) ==== Translations ==== === See also === Vyborg (“Karelian city”) == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈviˌb̥ɒˀ] === Proper noun === Viborg c Viborg (a city in Denmark) Vyborg (a city in Russia) == Swedish == === Alternative forms === Wiborg (obsolete) === Etymology === From vi (“sanctuary, sacred area”) +‎ borg (“fortress, castle; city”), from Old Norse vé + borg via Old Swedish borgh. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvǐːbɔrj/ === Proper noun === Viborg c Vyborg (a city in Russia) Viborg (a city in Denmark) ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: Вы́борг (Výborg)