No. 7,932 in Swedish

visby

Visby is the name of a medieval town on the Swedish island of Gotland.

In a sentence

Visby är en stad på Gotland.
Visby is a city on Gotland.
Here, 'Visby' is used as a proper noun to refer to a specific place, the name of the city.
Jag besökte Visby förra sommaren.
I visited Visby last summer.
In this sentence, 'Visby' continues to act as a proper noun denoting the city to which a past event pertains.
Vädret i Visby är vackert denna vecka.
The weather in Visby is beautiful this week.
'Visby' is used as the context for discussing the condition of the weather, specifying the location.

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