# Elsinore

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɛlsɪnɔː/ · frequency rank #69,823

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

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/elsinore