Norway

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Etymology

Old English Norweg, Norþweg, from Old Norse Norvegr (“north way”), contrasted with suthrvegar (“south way”), i.e. Germany, and austrvegr (“east way”), the Baltic lands. Norwegian (1607) is from Medieval Latin Norvegia, with the -w- from Norway.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈnɔː.weɪ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnɔɹ.weɪ/

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Proper noun

Norway

1. One of the Scandinavian countries. Official name: Kingdom of Norway (Kongeriket Norge in Bokmål, or Kongeriket Noreg in Nynorsk).

Derived terms

• Central Norway
• Church of Norway
• East Norway
• Eastern Norway
• North Norway
• Northern Norway
• Norway House, Manitoba, Canada
• Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)
• Norway maple (Acer platanoides)
• Norway pine (Pinus resinosa)
• Norway pout (Trisopterus esmarkii)
• Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
• Norway redfish (Sebastes viviparus)
• Norway spruce (Picea abies)
• South Norway
• Southern Norway
• West Norway
• Western Norway

Related terms

• Norwegian
• Norwegian Current
• Norwegian elkhound, Norsk elghund, elkhound
• Norwegianisation
• Norwegianise
• Norwegianising
• Norwegianization
• Norwegianize
• Norwegianizing
• Norwegian saltpeter, Norgessalpeter, ( = calcium nitrate)
• Norwegian Sea

Translations

Scandinavian country

Afrikaans: Noorweë (af) Albanian: Norvegjia (sq) Arabic: النرويج (ar) (al-narwiij) m. Armenian: Նորվեգիա (hy) (Norvegia) Azeri: Norveç (az) Basque: Norvegia (eu) Bavarian: Norwegn Belarusian: Нарвегія (be) (Narvéhija) f. Bengali: নরওয়ে (bn) (nar'ōẏē) Bosnian: Norveška (bs) f. Breton: Norvegia (br) Bulgarian: Норвегия (bg) (Norvégija) f. Burmese: နော်ဝေနိုင်ငံ (my) Catalan: Noruega (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 挪威 (cmn) (Nuówēi) Croatian: Nòrveškā (hr) f. Czech: Norsko (cs) n. Danish: Norge (da) n. Dutch: Noorwegen (nl) Dzongkha: ནོ་ཝེ་ (dz) Esperanto: Norvegio (eo), Norvegujo (eo) Estonian: Norra (et) Faroese: Noreg (fo) n. Finnish: Norja (fi) French: Norvège (fr) f. Georgian: ნორვეგია (ka) (norvegia) German: Norwegen (de) n. Greek: Νορβηγία (el) (Norvigía) f. Hebrew: נורווגיה (he) (Norvegia) f. Hindi: नॉर्वे (hi) (norve) Hungarian: Norvégia (hu) Icelandic: Noregur (is) m. Indonesian: Norwegia (id) Interlingua: Norvegia (ia) Irish: An Iorua (ga) f., Ríocht na hIorua (ga) f. Italian: Norvegia (it) f. Japanese: ノルウェー (ja) (Noruwē) (obsolete: 諾威 (ja)) Kazakh: Норвегия (kk) (Norvegiya) Khmer: ​ន័រវែស (km) (nour vaes) Korean: 노르웨이 (ko) (Noreuwei) Kyrgyz: Норвегия (ky) (Norvegiya) Latin: Norvegia (la) f. Latvian: Norvēģija (lv) f.

Lithuanian: Norvegija (lt) Livonian: Norvēgmō Lule Sami: Vuodna Luxembourgish: Norwegen (lb) n. Macedonian: Норвешка (mk) (Norvéška) f. Malay: Norway (ms) Maltese: Norveġja (mt) Manx: Loghlyn (gv) Mongolian: Норвеги (mn) (Norvegi) Northern Sami: Norga Norwegian: Bokmål: Norge (no) n. Nynorsk: Noreg (no) n. Old English: Norþweġ (ang) m. Old French: Norweie f. Ossetian: Норвеги (Norvegi) Pashto: ناروې (ps) Persian: نروژ (fa) (Norvež) Polish: Norwegia (pl) f. Portuguese: Noruega (pt) f. Romanian: Norvegia (ro) f. Russian: Норвегия (ru) (Norvégija) f. Scottish Gaelic: Nirribhidh (gd) f., Lochlann (gd) m. and f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Норвешка (sh) f. Roman: Norveška (sh) f. Silesian: Norwygijo f. Sinhalese: නෝර්වේ (si) (nōrvē) Slovak: Nórsko (sk) n. Slovene: Norveška (sl) f. Southern Sami: Nöörje Spanish: Noruega (es) f. Swahili: Norwe (sw) Swedish: Norge (sv) n. Tagalog: Noruwega (tl) Tajik: Норвегия (tg) (Norvegiya) Thai: นอร์เวย์ (th) (nor-way) Turkish: Norveç (tr) Turkmen: Norwegiýa (tk) Ukrainian: Норвегія (uk) (Norvéhija) f. Urdu: ناروے (ur) (norve) Vietnamese: Na Uy (vi), nước Na uy (vi) Volapük: Norgän (vo) Welsh: Norwy (cy)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in Norway
• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe) [edit]}
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Austland, Austlandet
• Midt-Noreg
• Midt-Norge
• Nordaustland, Nordaustlandet
• Nordøstland, Nordøstlandet
• Nordvestland, Nordvestlandet
• Østland, Østlandet
• Søraustland, Søraustlandet
• Sørland, Sørlandet
• Sørvestland, Sørvestlandet
• Sørøstland, Sørøstlandet
• Vestland, Vestlandet