Andøya

English <dab!> Etymology From en no Andøya. Pronunciation en Proper noun en island mun:pref/Andøy dist/Vesterålen co/Nordland c/Norway the largest island of the Vesterålen archipelago. en spaceport/and/rocket range isl:pref/Andøya mun/Andøy dist/Vesterålen co/Nordland c/Norway. en airport village/Andenes isl:suf/Andøya mun:suf/Andøy dist/Vesterålen co/Nordland c/Norway. en airbase isl:pref/Andøya mun/Andøy dist/Vesterålen co/Nordland c/Norway. en An <<island>> and <<neighbourhood>> in the <<city:pref/Kristiansand>> in <<co:suf/Agder>>, <<c/Norway>>. Translations largest island of the Vesterålen archipelago Arabic: ar جزيره آند Egyptian Arabic: arz اندويا Asturian: ast Andøya Azerbaijani: az Annoya s Annoya adası Bulgarian: bg Андьоя Catalan: ca Andøya Cebuano: ceb Andøy Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 安德亞島 Danish: da Andøya Dutch: nl Andøya Estonian: et Andøya Faroese: fo Andøya Finnish: fi Andøya French: fr Andøya Galician: gl Andøya German: de Andøya Italian: it Andøya Latvian: lv Anneja Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Andøya Nynorsk: nn Andøya Persian: fa جزیره آند Polish: pl Andøya Russian: ru А́ннёйа Sami: Northern Sami: se Ánddásoulu Spanish: es Andøya Swedish: sv Andøya Thai: th อันเนอยา island and neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Agder, Norway Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Andøya Nynorsk: nn Andøya See also en Andenes Bleik Risøyhamn Further reading Andøya, Agder Norwegian Bokmål Andøya no Pronunciation nb /ˈanː.œʏ.a/ nb anːœʏa 3 nb And øy a Etymology 1 From the Old Norse island name non Ǫmd, also written non Ǫmð and later non Ǫnd, whose genitive stem developed from Amdar- to Andar-, + nb øy island and the feminine definite singular ending nb -a. The original meaning of the island name is uncertain; it has tentatively been connected with non ama to rub, chafe, perhaps referring to an island battered by the sea and storms. thumb|Mountains and bogs on Andøya in Vesterålen. Proper noun nb proper noun nb island mun:suf/Andøy district/Vesterålen county:also/Nordland c:also/Norway, the largest island of the Vesterålen archipelago nb ellipsis nb airport near/Andenes mun:suf/Andøy county:also/Nordland c:also/Norway, formally called no Andøya lufthavn, Andenes nb ellipsis nb airbase near/Andenes mun:suf/Andøy county:also/Nordland c:also/Norway, formally called no Andøya flystasjon Descendants en Andøya 1 Etymology 2 A modernized spelling of older Andøen, but ultimately possibly nb 1. thumb|Andøya in Kristiansand. Proper noun nb proper noun nb island city/Kristiansand county:also/Agder c:also/Norway, in the borough of Vågsbygd nb neighbourhood city/Kristiansand county:also/Agder c:also/Norway, covering the island Etymology 3 From nb and øy duck island, with the feminine definite singular ending nb -a, literally “the duck island”; a name given by Norwegian cartographers. Proper noun nb proper noun nb historical nb island archipelago/Stanton Group region:also/Mac. Robertson Land continent:also/Antarctica, now officially called Oldham Island References “Andøya” in Store norske leksikon. “Andøy” in Store norske leksikon. Andøya no Andøya (Kristiansand) no Oldham Island