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== Etymology ==
{{Main article|Name of Sweden}}
The modern name ''Sweden'' is derived through [[back-formation]] from Old English ''Swēoþēod'', which meant "people of the Swedes" ([[Old Norse]] ''Svíþjóð'', [[Latin]] ''Suetidi''). This word is derived from ''Sweon/Sweonas'' (Old Norse ''Sviar'', Latin S''uiones''). 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]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Hellquist |first=Elof |title=Svensk etymologisk ordbok |trans-title=Swedish etymological dictionary |year=1922 |publisher=Gleerup |location=Lund |language=Swedish |page=917 |url=http://runeberg.org/svetym/1005.html}}</ref> literally means "
Variations of the name ''Sweden'' are used in most languages, with the exception of [[Danish language|Danish]] and [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] using ''Sverige'', [[Faroese language|Faroese]] ''Svøríki'', [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] ''Svíþjóð'', and the more notable exception of some [[Finnic languages]] where ''Ruotsi'' ([[Finnish language|Finnish]]) and ''Rootsi'' ([[Estonian language|Estonian]]) are used, names commonly considered etymologically related to the English name for [[Russia]], referring to the people, ''[[Rus' people|Rus']]'', originally from the coastal areas of [[Roslagen]], [[Uppland]].
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