Dalkulla

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Kulla (plural kullor[https://svenska.se/tre/?sok=kulla&pz=1] Svenska Akademiens ordböcker. Retrieved 16 November 2021.) is an older dialectal name for an unmarried woman, used often in most region of Sweden in the vicinity of Dalarna, but in present time mostly used as a term for a woman from Dalarna ("dalkulla").{{cite web|url=http://www.dt.se/dalarna/falun/engelsman-soker-dalkulla|title=Engelsman söker dalkulla|work=dt.se|access-date=30 May 2015}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvNgAgAAQBAJ&q=dalkulla&pg=PT59|title=Har någon sett mig någon annanstans?|isbn=9789100129354|access-date=30 May 2015|last1=Grimsrud|first1=Beate|date=10 May 2012}}

In the oldest known source from 1640, kulla is synonymous with "woman." An older, unmarried woman is referred to as gammkulla, while a married woman is referred to as käring.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ADpJAAAAcAAJ&q=gammkulla&pg=PA251|title=Svensk Språklära|access-date=30 May 2015|last1=Almqvist|first1=Carl Jonas Love|year=1840}}

The male equivalent is dalkarl or mas.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V2VNQAACAAJ&q=dalkarl|title=Ännu en envis dalkarl som snabbt nådde samma höjder som Zorn|access-date=30 May 2015|last1=Haskel|first1=Karl|year=1987}}