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Type Settlement
Usage Swedish
Other Forms FormsUme (dialectal form), Ubmeje (Ume Sami), Upmeje (Southern Sami)
Meaning & History
From the name of the Ume River. Possibly derived from Old Norse úma "roaring" and the place name element -eå denoting the city's location near the river. Another theory is that the name is derived from Finnish uoma "riverbed".