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sjark

sjark noun: a Norwegian fishing boat classification, for boats around 10 metres in length, between 25 and 40 feet, and with a particular hull style, used in northern Norway.

sjark: a Norwegian fishing boat classification, for boats around 10 metres in length, between 25 and 40...
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Noun

sjark (plural sjarks)

  1. A Norwegian fishing boat classification, for boats around 10 metres in length, between 25 and 40 feet, and with a particular hull style, used in northern Norway.

Forms of sjark

pluralsjarks

Origin of sjark

From Norwegian sjark, from Russian, from English shark.

Questions about sjark

What does sjark mean?
Sjark means a Norwegian fishing boat classification, for boats around 10 metres in length, between 25 and 40 feet, and with a particular hull style, used in northern Norway.
What part of speech is sjark?
Sjark is a noun.
What is the plural of sjark?
The plural of sjark is sjarks.

Words near sjark in the dictionary

  1. sjambokes
  2. sjamboking
  3. sjambokked
  4. sjambokking
  5. sjamboks
  6. sjark
  7. SJD
  8. SJF
  9. SJFs
  10. sJIA
  11. SJIS

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