Leira

leira English Etymology en :bor no:- + 1 Proper noun en village near x/Fagernes in mun:suf/Nord-Aurdal co/Innlandet c/Norway. en small village on Hjørundfjorden in mun:suf/Volda co/Møre og Romsdal c/Norway. en village mun:suf/Indre Fosen co/Trøndelag c/Norway. Icelandic Pronunciation is eiːra Homophones: leira Proper noun @@ is river c/France Loire Declension f Norwegian Bokmål Leira no thumb|Leira in Nord-Aurdal. Etymology From nb leire clay; muddy ground. The settlement in Nord-Aurdal is named after the local river, whose name is interpreted as “the river that carries clay” or “the river with a clay bed”. As a surname, it is habitational, originating from one of the farms or localities named nb Leira. Pronunciation nb /ˈlæɪ̯.ra/ nb æɪra 2 nb Lei ra Proper noun nb proper noun nb village mun:suf/Nord-Aurdal county:also/Innlandet c:also/Norway, also called Leira i Valdres nb river county/Innlandet and county:also/Akershus c:also/Norway, flowing into the Nitelva A Norwegian place name borne by several other villages, farms, rivers and localities. nb place names originating from a farm or locality named Leira Usage notes The village in Nord-Aurdal normally takes nb på at, in: på Leira (“in Leira”). Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 276 people in Norway bore the surname nb Leira as of 31 December 2025.“Etternavn”, Statistics Norway. References Leira no “Leira” in Store norske leksikon. “Leira” in the Norwegian Mapping Authority's Central Place-Name Register. leire Anagrams nb aeilr reila