# Viborg

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈviːˌbɔːɡ/

## Definitions
1. A city in Jutland, Denmark, pop. 91.405 (as of 2007)
2. A city in Karelia (now part of Russia, in earlier times part of Finland and Sweden), pop. 79,224 (as of 2002), usually spelled Vyborg.
3. A town in Turner County, South Dakota, pop. 832 (as of 2000)

## Etymology
From Swedish Viborg from vi (“sanctuary, sacred area”) + borg (“fortress, castle; city”), from Old Norse vé + borg via Old Swedish borgh. Doublet of Vyborg.

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