Svinhult
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Svinhult is a village in Ydre in the South Swedish highlands near the border between Småland and Östergötland. According to Svenskt ortnamnslexikon the name of the locality means "place of wildboars",{{cite book |last1=Wahlberg |first1=Mats |title=Svenskt ortnamnslexikon |date=2003 |publisher=Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet |location=Uppsala |isbn=91-7229-020-X |page= |url=https://www.sprakochfolkminnen.se/download/18.5850f85e15732ead0b325e/1529494467246/Svenskt%20ortnamnslexikon.pdf |accessdate=April 30, 2019|language=Swedish}} while local scholar Robert Norrby traces it to "svidhja" meaning slash-and-burn which as a common agricultural practice in the past.{{cite book|last=Norrby|first=Robert|chapter=Något om Ydres ortsnamn och bebyggelse |editor-last1=Filén |editor-first1=Thure |title=Ydre-Boken |date=1960|language=Swedish|page=81}} Compared to other places of Ydre, Svinhult is more inhospitable. The vegetation around Svinhult is made up by pines and spruces while broad-leaf forests patches are few.{{cite book |last1=Hellgren |first1=George |title=Ydre-Boken |date=1960 |location=Linköping |pages=86–91|chapter=Något om växtligheten i Ydre|editor-last=Filén|editor-first=Thure|language=Swedish}}
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Category:Populated places in Ydre Municipality
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