Komorene

Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|The flag of the Comoros. thumb|The Comoros in Africa. thumb|The Old Friday Mosque in Moroni, the capital of the Comoros. Etymology nb, ultimately from nb ar جُزُر الْقُمُر Comoros; traditionally interpreted as Islands of the Moon, adapted in Norwegian with the native definite plural ending nb -ene definite plural ending, as in nb Seychellene Seychelles. The immediate transmission route into Norwegian is nb 1 1. The Arabic name contains ar جُزُر islands and a geographical name traditionally associated with nb ar قَمَر moon. The historical motivation of the name is uncertain. The name Qumr or Qomr was used by medieval Arab geographers for Madagascar or a broader southern region before subsequently being applied to the Comoros. A connection with the historical “Mountains of the Moon” tradition has been proposed, but is uncertain. Compare the parallel formations nn Komorane, da Comorerne, sv Komorerna, de Komoren, fr Comores and en Comoros. Pronunciation nb /¹kʊˈmuː.rə.nə/ [kʊˈmùː.ɾə.nə] nb uːrənə 4 nb Ko mo re ne Proper noun nb proper noun p Comoros; nb country r/East Africa cont/Africa, consisting of three main islands in the Indian Ocean between the African mainland and Madagascar, with Moroni as its capital. nb Komorene ble selvstendig fra Frankrike i 1975. The Comoros became independent from France in 1975. nb 21 July 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen; Sten Lundbo Komorene Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Komorene Komorene er en øystat i Indiahavet, i nordenden av Mosambikkanalen utenfor Afrikas østkyst, i øygruppen med samme navn. The Comoros is an island country in the Indian Ocean, at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel off Africa's east coast, in the archipelago of the same name. https://web.archive.org/web/20251026012507/https://snl.no/Komorene 26 October 2025 Comoros; nb archipelago, an island group in the Indian Ocean between the African mainland and Madagascar, comprising the islands of the sovereign state of Komorene and the French overseas department of Mayotte. nb Mayotte ligger i Komorene, men er politisk en del av Frankrike. Mayotte is in the Comoros archipelago, but is politically part of France. nb 26 November 2024 Sten Lundbo Komorenes geografi Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Komorenes_geografi Komorene danner en cirka 250 kilometer lang øyrekke i retning nordvest–sørøst med tre større øyer. The Comoros forms an approximately 250-kilometre-long chain of islands running northwest–southeast, with three larger islands. https://web.archive.org/web/20241213231152/https://snl.no/Komorenes_geografi 13 December 2024 Usage notes nb Komorene is grammatically a definite plural name. The official Norwegian long-form name of the sovereign state is Unionen Komorene (“the Union of the Comoros”). In the broader geographical sense, nb Komorene refers to the entire archipelago, including nb Mayotte Mayotte, which is administered by France and is not part of the sovereign state. Related terms nb komorer a Comoran nb komorisk Comoran, Comorian; Comorian language See also References “Komorene” in Store norske leksikon. “Komorenes geografi” in Store norske leksikon. “Navn på stater” at Språkrådet. nb exonyms