Schwandorf
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Proper noun edit
Schwandorf
- A town and rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.
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Etymology edit
From Old High German Suainicondorf, where the second element is dorf (“village”) (modern Dorf) and the first is apparently of Slavic origin. The association with Schwan (“swan”) is considered a folk etymology.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Schwandorf n (proper noun, genitive Schwandorfs or (optionally with an article) Schwandorf)
- A town and rural district of Upper Palatinate, Bavaria
- (historical) Zwanowice (a village in Otmuchów district, Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland)
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