Vanaküla (Gambyn)

Vanaküla (Swedish: Gambyn) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.

According to the Swedish linguist Edvin Lagman [sv], the nearby village of Riguldi probably consisted of multiple hamlets, including one called Gambyn (i.e., 'the old part of the village').

In 1604, when the territory of Rugildi was assigned to newly built Riguldi Manor [et], the village and the peasants were dispersed, including the hamlet of Gambyn (which had been located in a field called Bystället).

The fact that today's Swedish name, Gambyn, occurs in the definite form (suffixed with -n) suggests that it is more recent than other nearby Swedish settlement names ending in -by 'village', such as Enby, Hosby, and Österby.

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