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    The name Sweden comes from the 17th century Middle Dutch and Middle Low German word "Sweden", which was derived from the Old English name for the country "Swéoland". In the 12th-13th centuries, Anglo-Norman referred to the country as "Suane" or "Swane". The Swedish name for the country, "Sverige", literally means "realm of the Swedes" and comes from Old Norse terms meaning "Swede" and "realm", originally excluding those in southern Sweden.

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    The name Sweden comes from the 17th century Middle Dutch and Middle Low German word "Sweden", which was derived from the Old English name for the country "Swéoland". In the 12th-13th centuries, Anglo-Norman referred to the country as "Suane" or "Swane". The Swedish name for the country, "Sverige", literally means "realm of the Swedes" and comes from Old Norse terms meaning "Swede" and "realm", originally excluding those in southern Sweden.

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    Middle Dutch Middle Low German Old English Old Norse Anglo-Norman Scots Early Modern English Lenition Beowulf Swedes Geats Götaland Da

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    The name Sweden comes from the 17th century Middle Dutch and Middle Low German word "Sweden", which was derived from the Old English name for the country "Swéoland". In the 12th-13th centuries, Anglo-Norman referred to the country as "Suane" or "Swane". The Swedish name for the country, "Sverige", literally means "realm of the Swedes" and comes from Old Norse terms meaning "Swede" and "realm", originally excluding those in southern Sweden.

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    The word Sweden is derived from 17th century Middle Dutch and Middle Low German.

    In Old
    English the country was named Swéoland and Swíoríce (Old Norse Svíaríki). Anglo-Norman of the
    12th and 13th centuries used Suane, Swane (with the adjective as Suaneis).
    In Scots Swane, Swaine, appears in the 16th century. Early Modern English used Swedeland.[29]
    The Swedish name Sverige (a compound of the words Svea and rike, with lenition of the consonant
    [k], first recorded in the cognate Swēorice in Beowulf)[30] literally means "realm of the Swedes",
    excluding the Geats in Götaland.
    Variations of the name Sweden are used in most languages, with the exception of Da

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