Stavanger
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Stavanger
- A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is also the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.
Translations
[edit]city in Norway
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Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Stafangr, a compound of stafr + angr. Akin to Stavang. The meanings of the composite words are straightforward, but what exactly they refer to is unclear.[1]
- angr (“bay, fjord”), in reference to a body of water. This could be Breiavatnet, Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, Vågen , or Østervåg. Norwegian etymologist Inge Særheim sees Vågen, the inlet atop the mouth of which stands the Stavanger Cathedral, as the most likely candidate.[1]
- stafr (“staff”), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz, relating to the straight and unbending shape of a landform.[1] This could refer to the out-jutting headland on the east lip of Vågen, a steep drop down into (the shore of) a body of water, or simply the unbending shape of the body of water in question.[1] Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, and Vågen all have straightish shapes.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Stavanger
- Stavanger (a city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway)
- Stavanger (a historical county from 1662 to 1919, roughly equivalent to modern day Rogaland, Norway)
Derived terms
[edit]- stavanger (“a person from Stavanger”)
- Stavangerhalvøya (“Stavanger Peninsula”)
- Stavangerregionen (“Greater Stavanger”)
- stavangersk (“the dialect spoken in Stavanger, or something related to Stavanger”)
References
[edit]- “Stavanger” in Store norske leksikon
- “Stavanger amt” in Store norske leksikon
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Stafangr, a compound of stafr + angr. Akin to Stavang. The meanings of the composite words are straightforward, but what exactly they refer to is unclear.[1]
- angr (“bay, fjord”), in reference to a body of water. This could be Breiavatnet, Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, Vågen , or Østervåg. Norwegian etymologist Inge Særheim sees Vågen, the inlet atop the mouth of which stands the Stavanger Cathedral, as the most likely candidate.[1]
- stafr (“staff”), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz, relating to the straight and unbending shape of a landform.[1] This could refer to the out-jutting headland on the east lip of Vågen, a steep drop down into (the shore of) a body of water, or simply the unbending shape of the body of water in question.[1] Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, and Vågen all have straightish shapes.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /staˈvaŋɡər/, /staˈvaŋːər/, [stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ɡər], [stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ŋəɾ]
- (Stavanger) IPA(key): [sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋɔɰ], [sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋəɰ]
- Rhymes: -aŋɡər, -aŋːər
- Hyphenation: Sta‧vang‧er
Proper noun
[edit]Stavanger m
- A city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway.
- (now historical) A former county (amt) in Norway, from 1662 to 1919, roughly equivalent to modern-day Rogaland.
Derived terms
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Rogaland
- en:Cities in Norway
- en:Municipalities of Norway
- en:Places in Rogaland
- en:Places in Norway
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stebʰ-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ər
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Cities in Rogaland
- nb:Cities in Norway
- nb:Municipalities of Norway
- nb:Places in Rogaland
- nb:Places in Norway
- nb:Historical political subdivisions
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stebʰ-
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/aŋɡər
- Rhymes:Norwegian Nynorsk/aŋːər
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Cities in Rogaland
- nn:Cities in Norway
- nn:Municipalities of Norway
- nn:Places in Rogaland
- nn:Places in Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with historical senses
- nn:Historical political subdivisions