# Uppsala

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʊpsɑːlə/ · frequency rank #38,670

## Definitions
1. A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country.
2. A county in eastern Sweden.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).

## Common misspellings (8)
`pupsala`, `uppasla`, `uppsaal`, `uppsalla`, `uppslaa`, `uppssala`, `upsala`, `upspala`

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