Elsinore

From Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos. Compare also Helsinki and Helsingborg.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlsɪnɔː/, /ˌɛlsɪˈnɔː/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛlsəˌnɔɹ/

Elsinore

1. A city in northern Zealand, Denmark. Its Kronborg Castle served as the setting for William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

   Synonym: Helsingør

2. A neighbourhood in north Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
3. A community in Arran-Elderslie municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
4. Former name of Lake Elsinore, California (the settlement was renamed in 1972).
5. A town in Sevier County, Utah, United States.

• Lake Elsinore

• eloiners, seroline

• Elsinora (historical)

Borrowed from English, from Danish Helsingør, perhaps a derivation of hals (“narrow strait”, literally “throat; neck”), from Old Norse hals, from Proto-Germanic *halsaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kólsos.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.si.nor/, /ˈɛl.si.nɔr/
• Rhymes: -ɛlsinor, -ɛlsinɔr

Elsinore f

1. Elsinore (a city in northern Zealand, Denmark)

• lesinerò, lorenesi