Nougård

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Adapted borrowing from Older Russian Новгородъ (Novgorod) with a Swedish ending gård

Proper noun[edit]

Nougård m (genetive Nougårds) (archaic, obsolete)

  1. Novgorod (a city in Russia)
    Synonyms: Novgorod, Holmgård, Velikij Novgorod
  2. (folklore) the capital of the Snake King's kingdom (in the ballad of Solfager)