Stralsund

English

Proper noun

Stralsund

1. A city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

German

Etymology

First mentioned as Stralesund in 1240. The first element strał (“arrow”) is derived from a West Slavic language, the second element Sund (“sound, strait”) is of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtʁaːlzʊnt/, (non-local often) /ˌʃtʁaːlˈzʊnt/

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Proper noun

Stralsund n (proper noun, genitive Stralsunds or (optionally with an article) Stralsund)

1. Stralsund (an independent city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)

Further reading

• Stralsund on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stralsund on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de