Rjukan

English Etymology en no Rjukan. Proper noun en town mun/Tinn co/Telemark c/Norway. en Linda Geddes The dark town that built a giant mirror to deflect the Sun w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170314-the-town-that-built-a-mirror-to-catch-the-sun 2017-03-13 The inhabitants of Rjukan in southern Norway have a complex relationship with the Sun. https://web.archive.org/web/20210813085952/https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170314-the-town-that-built-a-mirror-to-catch-the-sun Norwegian Bokmål no: Proper noun nb proper noun nb town mun/Tinn co/Telemark c/Norway Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Alternative forms nn Rjukand alternative spelling Etymology From nn non Rjúkandi, the present participle of non rjúka. nn Rjukande. The town in Tinn is named after a waterfall originally carrying this name, now called nn Rjukanfossen. Pronunciation nn /rjʉːkan/ nn /rʉːkan/ Tinn Proper noun nn proper noun m A common waterfall name, with the highest frequency in Telemark and Agder nn town mun/Tinn co/Telemark c/Norway Derived terms nn Rjukanfoss, nn Rjukanfossen Related terms nn rjuka, nn ryka