mångata
Language: Swedish · [ˈmoːnˌɡɑːta] · Pronunciation: MOAN-gah-tah
Meaning
the road of moonlight across water — a moonpath
The story
Måne is moon and gata is street — the same gata that survives in northern English street names like Kirkgate. The word lays a road of moonlight across open water, always pointing at you. Sailors' English once had moonglade for it; moonpath does the honest work now.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Swedish
- What does it literally say?
- Moon-street
- Where would you hear it?
- A jetty at midnight, flat calm water
- What does it mean?
- Moonlight lying like a road on water
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