Falun

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See also: falun and fǎlún

English

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Proper noun

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Falun

  1. A city in Dalarna County, Sweden.
  2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
  3. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Saline County, Kansas.
  4. An unincorporated community in the town of Daniels, Burnett County, Wisconsin.

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Based upon a conjugated definite form of Falan, the name of an area west of the Falu River (still used in 1684), such as Old Swedish Falunne (dative) or Faluna (accusative). The name is related to the adjective fal (grayly/yellowly pale), originally in reference to either this area or the river itself. A river name *Falan might have referred to the color of the water. The name of the area, potentially containing a noun *fala (“pale yellow dryland”), could have been given due to the yellow ochre deposited by Gruvbäcken, or denoted the local thingstead and marketplace of the Kopparberg region.

Attested since 1400 as Old Swedish (oppa) Falene.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²fɑːlɵn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -²ɑːlɵn

Proper noun

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Falun n (genitive Falu or Faluns)

  1. Falun (a city and municipality of Dalarna County, Sweden)

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