Eyrarsund

Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse ura suti (“in the ear-sound”), akin to the Danish Øresund, the Norwegian Bokmål Øresund, the Norwegian Nynorsk Øresund and the Swedish Öresund.

Proper noun

Eyrarsund (n)

  1. the Sound (strait that separates Zealand from Scania)

Derived terms
  • Eyrarsundsbrúin
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