by
Pronunciation: /byː/
“by” is a Swedish word. Its 6 meanings in English:
noun
Etymology
From Old Swedish bȳr, bȳ (“village, farm, town”), from Old Norse býr. Cognate with Danish by (“town, city”, whence also Faroese býur with the same meaning), Norwegian Bokmål by (“town, city”) and Norwegian Nynorsk by (“town, city”).
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