Elsinore

English

Etymology

Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsinki and Helsingborg.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlsɪnɔː/, /ˌɛlsɪˈnɔː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlsəˌnɔɹ/

Proper noun

Elsinore

1. A city in northern Zealand, Denmark. Its Kronborg Castle served as the setting for William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

   Synonym: Helsingør

2. A neighbourhood in north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
3. A community in Arran-Elderslie municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
4. Former name of Lake Elsinore, California (the settlement was renamed in 1972).
5. A town in Sevier County, Utah, United States.

Derived terms

• Lake Elsinore

Translations

Danish city

• Arabic: هِيلْسِنْكُور m (hēlsinkōr)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: please add this translation if you can

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 埃爾西諾／埃尔西诺 (Āi'ěrxīnuò)

• Danish: Helsingør
• Esperanto: Elsinoro
• Finnish: Helsingör
• French: Elseneur (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰელსინგერი (helsingeri)
• Greek: Ελσινόρη f (Elsinóri)
• Icelandic: Helsingjaeyri f
• Italian: Elsinore f, (historical) Elsinora f
• Japanese: ヘルシンゲル (Herushingeru)
• Korean: 헬싱외르 (Helsing'oereu)
• Latvian: Helsingēra f
• Lithuanian: Helsingioras m
• Norwegian: Helsingør (no) ?
• Polish: Helsingør m, (historical) Elsynor (pl) m
• Portuguese: Elsenor f
• Russian: Хельсингёр m (Xelʹsingjór)
• Spanish: Elsinor (es) f
• Swedish: Helsingör ?
• Thai: เฮลซิงเงอร์ (heel-sing-ngəər)

Anagrams

• eloiners, seroline

Italian

Alternative forms

• Elsinora (historical)

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.si.nor/, /ˈɛl.si.nɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɛlsinor, -ɛlsinɔr

Proper noun

Elsinore f

1. Elsinore (a city in northern Zealand, Denmark)

Anagrams

• lesinerò, lorenesi