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Stavanger

/stæˈvæŋə/

Stavanger proper noun: a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.

Proper noun

Stavanger

  1. A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.
    • For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast.1956 April, H. A. Vallance, “To Oslo via Stavanger”, in Railway Magazine, page 213

Origin of Stavanger

From Norwegian Stavanger, from Old Norse Stafangr (literally “staff bay”).

Questions about Stavanger

What does Stavanger mean?
Stavanger means a city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.
What part of speech is Stavanger?
Stavanger is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Stavanger?
Stavanger is pronounced /stæˈvæŋə/.

Words near Stavanger in the dictionary

  1. staurotides
  2. staurozoan
  3. staurozoans
  4. staus
  5. Stauth
  6. Stavanger
  7. stavaroside
  8. stave
  9. stave acre
  10. stave church
  11. stave churches

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