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Orness

Orness proper noun: a surname from Norwegian.

Proper noun

Orness (plural Ornesses)

  1. A surname from Norwegian.

Forms of Orness

pluralOrnesses

Origin of Orness

A variant of Urness or an Americanized spelling of Norwegian Årnes.

Questions about Orness

What does Orness mean?
Orness means a surname from Norwegian.
What part of speech is Orness?
Orness is a proper noun.

Words near Orness in the dictionary

  1. ornerily
  2. orneriness
  3. ornerinesses
  4. ornery
  5. Ornes
  6. Orness
  7. Ornesses
  8. Ornette
  9. ornge
  10. ornges
  11. ornibactin

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