handelsområde

== Swedish == === Etymology === Compound of handel (“trade, retail”) +‎ -s- +‎ område (“area”). First attested in 1850 === Noun === handelsområde n an area of commerce and trade (of a city, country, or world) [since 1850] a trade area, market (geographical area or region where a certain commercial demand exists) a retail park (type of shopping center usually built on the outskirts of a town or city) (dated) a marketplace (open area in a town housing a public market) Near-synonym: handelsgebit Synonyms: handelsplats, marknadsplats ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== handelsgata (“commercial street”) === References === “handelsområde”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)