Befrielsetorget

Swedish

Etymology

befrielse (“liberation”) +‎ torg (“square”). Originally called "Midan Ismailia", after the 19th-century ruler Khedive Ismail, it was renamed after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Midan Tahrir (التحرير) means Liberation Square.

Proper noun

Befrielsetorget n (genitive Befrielsetorgets)

1. Tahrir Square, Liberation Square (a square in Cairo, Egypt)

Synonyms

• Tahrirtorget