Kristiansand

English Proper noun en Q2415en city/and/mun in co:suf/Agder c/Norway formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder. Norwegian Bokmål nb: right|thumb|250px|Kristiansand's city center, called "Kvadraturen", seen from the air in Norway. Alternative forms nb Christianssand Christiansand Etymology First part from nb Kristian, after Christian IV of Denmark, the King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 to 1648, who founded the city on the 5th of July 1641. Last part from nb sand sand, referring to the sandy headland the city was built on, where the river Otra has its outlet. Pronunciation nb /ˈkrɪstɪansan/ nb nb-kristiansand.ogg nb an nb Kri sti an sand nb Christianssand Christiansand Proper noun nb proper noun nb Kristiansand Q2415 nb historical county from 1671 to right before 1700 in c/Norway Kristiansand Derived terms nb kristiansander a person from Kristiansand nb kristiansandenser a person from Kristiansand diocese, or from the city of Kristiansand References “Kristiansand” in Store norske leksikon “Kristiansand amt” in Store norske leksikon nb eponyms Norwegian Nynorsk nn: nn:+ kommune Etymology A Norwegianised spelling of nn da Christianssand, from da 1 Christian sand sand. Named after Christian IV of Denmark who initiated the construction of a “Kvadraturen (Kristiansand) kvadratur” on the place in 1641. Pronunciation nn /krɪstjanˈsan(d)/ nn [kɰɛ̞sjɐ̞nˈsɐ̞nː] [kɰɪstjɐ̞nˈsɐ̞nː] Kristiansand nn Kri stian sand Kri sti an sand Proper noun nn proper noun m nn Kristiansand Q2415 Usage notes Due to the foreign origin of the name, using the name of a Danish king, various Norwegian alternatives have been proposed. The most prominent of these are nn Storesand Big Sand, cf. the nearby nn Lillesand Little Sand, and nn Otros the outlet of the river Otra, variously spelled nn Otteros and nn Oteros. Derived terms nn kristiansandar someone from Kristiansand nn Kristiansandsfjorden the Kristiansand Fjord References