Götaland

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Place Name GÖTALAND

TYPE: Region
USAGE: Swedish
PRONOUNCED: YUT-ah-lahnd
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CONTRIBUTOR: Beautiful Victory on 9/20/2014

Meaning & History

Means "land of the Geats". The Geats (sometimes referred to as Goths) were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting southern Sweden. Götaland is one of three lands of Sweden, the others being Svealand and Norrland.