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Valdres

Valdres proper noun: a traditional district in Innlandet, Norway, the main town is Fagernes.

Proper noun

Valdres

  1. A traditional district in Innlandet, Norway, the main town is Fagernes.
    • Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes...1955 July, M. D. Greville, “To the Valdres by Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 460

Questions about Valdres

What does Valdres mean?
Valdres means a traditional district in Innlandet, Norway, the main town is Fagernes.
What part of speech is Valdres?
Valdres is a proper noun.

Words near Valdres in the dictionary

  1. Valdiviezos
  2. Valdosta
  3. Valdostan
  4. Valdostans
  5. Valdoviño
  6. Valdres
  7. vale
  8. Vale of Clwyd
  9. Vale of Clwydd
  10. Vale of Evesham
  11. Vale of Glamorgan

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