Stavanger

English Etymology From en no Stavanger, from en non Stafangr staff bay. Pronunciation en /stæˈvæŋə/ Proper noun en city/and/municipality in co/Rogaland c/Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen. en 1956 April H. A. Vallance To Oslo via Stavanger Railway Magazine 213 For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast. Translations city in Norway Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 斯塔万格, cmn 斯塔凡格 Dutch: nl Stavanger French: fr Stavanger Georgian: ka სტავანგერი German: de Stavanger Korean: ko 스타방에르 Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Stavanger Russian: ru Става́нгер m Norwegian Bokmål nb: 250px|thumb|Autumn in Stavanger. Etymology nb ine-pro *stebʰ- From nb non Stafangr, a compound of 1 non stafr angr. Akin to nn Stavang. The meanings of the composite words are straightforward, but what exactly they refer to is unclear.nn 2007 Inge Særheim Stadnamn i Rogaland Place Names in Rogaland Fagbokforlaget 9788276748796 Stavanger 216 non angr bay, fjord inlet, in reference to a body of water. This could be Breiavatnet, Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, Vågen or Østervåg. Norwegian etymologist Inge Særheim sees Vågen, the inlet atop the mouth of which stands the Stavanger Cathedral, as the most likely candidate. non stafr staff, from nb gem-pro *stabaz, relating to the straight and unbending shape of a landform. This could refer to the out-jutting headland on the east lip of Vågen, a steep drop down into (the shore of) a body of water, or simply the unbending shape of the body of water in question. Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet and Vågen all have straightish shapes. Pronunciation nb /staˈʋaŋːər/ nb nb-stavanger.ogg nb ər nb Sta vang er Proper noun nb proper noun nb city/and/municipality co/Rogaland c/Norway Stavanger nb historical county from 1662 to 1919, roughly equivalent to modern day Rogaland, c/Norway Stavanger Derived terms nb stavanger a person from Stavanger nb Stavangerhalvøya Stavanger Peninsula nb Stavangerregionen Greater Stavanger nb stavangersk the dialect spoken in Stavanger, or something related to Stavanger References “Stavanger” in Store norske leksikon “Stavanger amt” in Store norske leksikon Norwegian Nynorsk nn: thumb|Vågen seen from the air nn:+ kommune nn:+/Sandnes nn:+ amt Alternative forms nn Stavang Etymology nn ine-pro *stebʰ- From nn non Stafangr, a compound of 1 non stafr angr. Akin to nn Stavang. The meanings of the composite words are straightforward, but what exactly they refer to is unclear.nn 2007 Inge Særheim Stadnamn i Rogaland Place Names in Rogaland Fagbokforlaget 9788276748796 Stavanger 216 non angr bay, fjord, in reference to a body of water. This could be Breiavatnet, Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, Vågen or Østervåg. Norwegian etymologist Inge Særheim sees Vågen, the inlet atop the mouth of which stands the Stavanger Cathedral, as the most likely candidate. non stafr staff, from nn gem-pro *stabaz, relating to the straight and unbending shape of a landform. This could refer to the out-jutting headland on the east lip of Vågen, a steep drop down into (the shore of) a body of water, or simply the unbending shape of the body of water in question. Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet and Vågen all have straightish shapes. Pronunciation nn /staˈvaŋɡər/ /staˈvaŋːər/ [stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ɡər] [stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ŋəɾ] nn [sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋɔɰ] [sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋəɰ] Stavanger nn aŋɡər aŋːər nn Sta vang er Proper noun nn proper noun m nn city/and/municipality co/Rogaland c/Norway nn now historical nn A <<former county>> (amt) in <<c/Norway>>, from 1662 to 1919, roughly equivalent to modern-day <<co/Rogaland>> Derived terms nn stavangerdialekt stavangergut stavangerjente stavangerkvinne stavangermann stavangermort stavangermål stavangersk References Anagrams nn aaegnrst vrangaste