Luleå

[ loo-le-aw ]

/ ˈlu lɛˌɔ /

a seaport in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.

Example sentences from the Web for lulea

He therefore, on the 23d, took leave of the mountainous part of Lapland, and returned by water towards Lulea.

Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnus |William MacGillivray
The new town of Lulea is very small, situated on a peninsula, encompassed by a kind of bay.

Lachesis Lapponica |Carl von Linn
I took my leave of the old town of Pithoea, and arrived at the more modern one of Lulea.

Lachesis Lapponica |Carl von Linn
On the shore near old Lulea grew Ranunculus minimus parisiensis (R. reptans).

Lachesis Lapponica |Carl von Linn

Here however I made no long stay, but proceeded in one day from thence to Lulea.

Lachesis Lapponica |Carl von Linn

Luleå

/ (Swedish ˈluːləoː) /

a port in N Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia: industrial and shipbuilding centre; icebound in winter. Pop: 72 608 (2004 est)