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Olonkin
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Norwegian Bokmål
no Gennadij Nikititsj Olonkin
thumb|upright=0.6|Gennadij Olonkin (1898–1960), after whom Olonkinbyen is named.
Etymology
nb ru Олонкин. The Russian surname apparently contains the possessive surname suffix ru -ин, but the origin of its base is nb 1. A Norwegian bearer was the polar explorer Gennadij Olonkin, whose father was the Russian Pomor skipper Nikita Olonkin.https://frammuseum.no/polarhistorie/polfarere/gennadij-olonkin-1898-1960/ Gennadij Olonkin Frammuseet 2026-10-02 Attested in Norwegian by 1921, in Roald Amundsen's Nordostpassagen.Roald Amundsen 1921 Nordostpassagen Kristiania Gyldendalske Boghandel 58 https://runeberg.org/arnordostp/0078.html
Compare nn Olonkin, da Olonkin and en Olonkin.
Pronunciation
nb /ʊlɔnˈkiːn/ [ʊlɔŋˈkʰiːn]
nb iːn 3
nb O lon kin
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb Russian
nb Hun heter Olonkin til etternavn. Her surname is Olonkin.
nb 2024-11-27 Susan Barr Maud-ekspedisjonen Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Maud-ekspedisjonen For Wisting, Sverdrup og Olonkin hadde det blitt til sammen syv år med Maud. For Wisting, Sverdrup and Olonkin, that made a total of seven years with Maud.
Derived terms
nb Kapp Olonkin cape on Jan Mayenhttps://data.npolar.no/placename/b559bc70-2ad4-53a9-a03b-780f4a0ff1e7 Kapp Olonkin The Place Names of Svalbard and Jan Mayen Norsk Polarinstitutt 2026-10-02
nb Olonkinbyen settlement on Jan Mayen
Statistics
According to the name statistics published by Statistics Norway on 28 January 2026, 10 people in Norway bore nb Olonkin as their surname.https://www.ssb.no/befolkning/navn/statistikk/navn Navn Statistisk sentralbyrå 2026-01-28 2026-10-02
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