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Narvik
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English
Etymology
Originally a en no - farm name; from en non Knarravík or non *Njarðarvík
Pronunciation
en /ˈnɑː(ɹ)vɪk/
Proper noun
en town/and/municipality in dist/Ofoten co/Nordland c/Norway.
en 1940 December Railways and the War—III Railway Magazine 629 In the early spring the war took on a new aspect with the German invasions of Denmark and Norway on April 9, hinging largely on the export of iron ore from the Norwegian Atlantic port of Narvik, at the western end of the Swedish Lapland iron ore railway.
Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Etymology
Originally a farm name; from nb non Knarravík or non *Njarðarvík
Pronunciation
nb /nɑrʋiːk/ /nɑrʋɪkː/
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb town with bystatus/and/municipality dist/Ofoten co/Nordland c/Norway. The municipality borders onto Sweden.
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
nn:+ kommune
Etymology
Originally a farm name; from nn non Knarravík or non *Njarðarvík
Pronunciation
nn /nɑrʋiːk/ /nɑrʋɪkː/
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn town with bystatus/and/municipality dist/Ofoten co/Nordland c/Norway