Elsinore

Meaning

Proper Noun

city region, northern Zealand Denmark (country). Its Kronborg Castle served as the setting for Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

Origin

Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals, from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsinki and Helsingborg.

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