Nesseby

Norwegian Bokmål no:Nesseby thumb|Nesseby Church, on the headland after which the place is named. Etymology From nb nes by headland, promontory farm, village, settlement, literally “settlement at the headland”, referring to the headland where Nesseby Church stands. The second element reflects the older meaning of nb by, corresponding to non býr farm, village, rather than only its usual modern meaning “city”. Compare nn Nesseby. Pronunciation nb /²ˈnɛsːəˌbyː/ [ˈnɛ̂sːəˌbyː] nb yː 3 nb Nes se by Proper noun nb proper noun nb municipality county/Finnmark c/Norway, with Varangerbotn as its administrative centre nb village mun/Nesseby county/Finnmark c/Norway, on the northern shore of the Varangerfjord Usage notes The municipality's legally equal names are Norwegian nb Nesseby and Northern Sami se Unjárga, equal since 1 January 2005. The eponymous village uses the same two official names and additionally has the official Kven name fkv Uuniemi.“Endring av skrivemåten for tospråklige kommunenavn”, Lovdata.“Unjárga / Nesseby / Uuniemi” in the Norwegian Mapping Authority place-name register. Derived terms nb nessebyværing person from Nesseby References Nesseby 18 261 https://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2006120800099 “Nesseby” in Store norske leksikon. Further reading Category:Nesseby