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Lindesnes
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Norwegian Bokmål
no:
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb peninsula/and/municipality co/Agder c/Norway formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
nn:+ kommune
Alternative forms
nn Lidandesnes
Etymology
From nn non Líðandisnes. First part from non Líðandi, from the present participle of non líða. According to E. Heide, the name refers to geographical features of the coast, where Lindesnes is the border between a complex coast line in the west and a easy navigatable coast line in the east. Last part from non nes headland.
Pronunciation
nn /lɪndəsˈneːs/
Proper noun
nn proper noun n
nn peninsula/and/municipality co/Agder c/Norway formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder