Dokka

dokka English Proper noun en large village mun:suf/Nordre Land co/Innlandet c/Norway. Norwegian Bokmål no Dokka no Dokka (elv) thumb|A view of the centre of Dokka. thumb|The river Dokka. Pronunciation nb /¹dɔkːa/ [ˈdɔ̀kːǎ] nb ɔkːa 2 nb Dok ka Etymology 1 nb non Dǫkka, the Old Norse name of the river, from nb non dǫkk depression, hollow, probably referring to the river's deeply incised channel. The settlement is named after the river. The underlying noun is continued in Norwegian Bokmål as nb dokk hollow, depression. Proper noun nb proper noun Dokka; nb village mun:suf/Nordre Land county/Innlandet c/Norway, the administrative centre of Nordre Land Municipality, at the confluence of the rivers Dokka and Etna nb Hun bor på Dokka. She lives in Dokka. nb 28 November 2001 Oppland Arbeiderblad Pol på Dokka At polet på Dokka kan få betydning for landingenes handlemønster, ser vi ikke bort fra. We cannot rule out that the liquor store in Dokka may affect the shopping patterns of people from Land. the Dokka; nb river county/Innlandet c/Norway, a 99-kilometre tributary of the Etna nb Dokka renner gjennom tettstedet før den møter Etna. The Dokka flows through the settlement before joining the Etna. nb 26 November 2024 Store norske leksikon Dokka – elv Dokka renner i sørøstlig retning gjennom Vestre Gausdal høyfjell. The Dokka flows southeast through the Vestre Gausdal highlands. Usage notes The settlement name normally takes the preposition nb på: nb på Dokka in Dokka. Etymology 2 A habitational surname transferred from one or more Norwegian farms or localities named nb Dokka, ultimately from nb dokk hollow, depression. The place name occurs independently in several parts of Norway, so a single source locality should not be assumed for all bearers of the surname. Proper noun nb proper noun nb place names nb 24 February 2025 Hallgeir Elstad Store norske leksikon Trond Skard Dokka Trond Skard Dokka er en norsk teolog. Trond Skard Dokka is a Norwegian theologian. Statistics According to Statistics Norway, nb Dokka was a protected surname in Norway in 2025, meaning that it was borne by 200 or fewer people.Statistics Norway, “Navn”, data as of 1 January 2026. In 2014, 143 people in Norway bore the surname nb Dokka.“Dokka Surname”, Forebears. References Mæhlum, Lars, “Dokka – tettsted”, in Store norske leksikon. “Dokka – elv”, in Store norske leksikon. Rygh, Oluf, Norske Gaardnavne: Forord og Indledning, s.v. “dokk”. Elstad, Hallgeir, “Trond Skard Dokka”, in Store norske leksikon.