Definition of Goteborg

1. Noun. A port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden.

Exact synonyms: Goeteborg, Gothenburg
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Kingdom Of Sweden, Sverige, Sweden

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goteborg

Gospel shop
Gospel shops
Gospels
Gosport
Gossage
Gosselin's fracture
Gossypium arboreum
Gossypium barbadense
Gossypium herbaceum
Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium peruvianum
Gossypium thurberi
Gostivar
Gota Canal
Gotcha Day
Goteborg
Goth
Goth.
Gotha
Gotham
Gothamist
Gothamists
Gothamite
Gothamites
Gothenburg
Gothic
Gothic Lolita
Gothic alphabet
Gothic arch
Gothic arch tracing

Literary usage of Goteborg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Land of the Midnight Sun: Summer and Winter Journeys Through Sweden by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1888)
"... as usual, was crowded with vessels of all nations, coming from and going to every part of the world. ,Our,-destination was goteborg, in Sweden. ..."

2. A Voyage from Leith to Lapland: Or, Pictures of Scandinavia in 1850 by William Hurton (1852)
"AUTUMNAL ASPECT OF THE ENVIRONS OF goteborg. THE whole of my sojourn at goteborg was a period of the most delightful autumnal weather I ever experienced. ..."

3. Tate's Modern Cambist: A Manual of Foreign Exchanges and Bullion, with the by William Tate, Harry Tucker Easton (1908)
"STOCKHOLM AND goteborg. MONEYS. 1 Krona = 100 Ore. Coins.—The coinage of Sweden is the same as Denmark. History.—By a Convention with Denmark of ..."

4. Birth and Education by Marie Sofie Schwartz, Marie Adelaide (Brown) Shipley (1871)
"The Count's valet, the only one he relied on, was charged to convey her to goteborg, and from thence to transport her to France. ..."

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