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Kirkenes
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English
Etymology
From en no Kirkenes.
Proper noun
en town mun:suf/Sør-Varanger co/Finnmark c/Norway.
Translations
town in Norway
Danish: da Kirkenes
Finnish: fi Kirkkoniemi
Kven: fkv Kirkkoniemi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Kirkenes n
Nynorsk: nn Kirkenes n, nn Kyrkjenes n
Russian: ru Ки́ркенес m
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Girkonjárga
Anagrams
en eeikknrs Krienkes
Norwegian Bokmål
nb:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb town mun/Sør-Varanger co/Finnmark, in the far north-eastern corner of Norway and close to the Russian border.
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Alternative forms
nn Kyrkjenes
Etymology
Newer name; from nn da Kirkenæs, from da 1 kirke nes church headland, referring to a church on the place built in 1862. Replaced the older names nn Pisselvnes and nn Håkjerringnes.
Proper noun
nn proper noun n
nn town mun/Sør-Varanger co/Finnmark in the far north-eastern corner of c/Norway close to the Russian border.