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Senja
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senja
English
Proper noun
en Senjam surname of Meitei origin
Finnish
Etymology
Karelian form of the fi ru - saint's name ru Ксе́ния, Latinized as la Xenia, ultimately from fi grc ξενία hospitable.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Senj a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 2695 614 219
References
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb island co/Troms, the second-largest island in Norway (not including Svalbard)
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
From nn non Senja f, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
nn /²sɛnja/ /¹sɛnja/
Proper noun
nn proper noun f
nn island co/Troms the second-largest island in c/Norway (not including Svalbard)
Derived terms
Compounds with Senja use Senje-, from the Old Norse oblique non Senju.
nn Senjehopen
nn senjeværing someone from Senja