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Geiranger

Geiranger proper noun: a village in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway, first settled in the fourth or fifth century.

geiranger: a village in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway, first settled in...
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Proper noun

Geiranger

  1. A village in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway, first settled in the fourth or fifth century.

Origin of Geiranger

From Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk Geiranger, from Old Norse Geirangr, from geirr (“spear”) + angr (“inlet”), named for the neighbouring Geirangerfjord.

Questions about Geiranger

What does Geiranger mean?
Geiranger means a village in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway, first settled in the fourth or fifth century.
What part of speech is Geiranger?
Geiranger is a proper noun.

Words near Geiranger in the dictionary

  1. geilfine
  2. Geils
  3. geilsiekte
  4. Geilston Bay
  5. gein
  6. Geiranger
  7. geire
  8. geires
  9. Geiringer
  10. Geiringer-Laman theorem
  11. geis

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