Norway

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Etymology

From Old English Norweg, Norþweg, from Old Norse Norvegr (“north way”), Norðvegr, from norðr (“north”) + vegr (“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 and Kongeriket Noreg in New Norwegian).

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)
• Asturian: Noruega (ast) f
• Azeri: Norveç (az)
• Basque: Norvegia (eu)
• Bavarian: Norwegn
• Belarusian: Нарвегія (be) (Narvéhija) f
• Bengali: নরওয়ে (bn) (nar'ōẏē)
• Breton: Norvegia (br)
• Bulgarian: Норвегия (bg) (Norvégija) f
• Burmese: နော်ဝေနိုင်ငံ (my)
• Catalan: Noruega (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 挪威 (cmn) (Nuówēi)

• Cornish: Norgagh (kw) m
• 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
• Galician: Noruega (gl) 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)
• Jèrriais: Norouague f
• 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

• Occitan: Norvègia (oc) f
• 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: Norvéška (sl) f
• Southern Sami: Nöörje
• Spanish: Noruega (es) f
• Swahili: Norwe (sw)
• Swedish: Norge (sv) n
• Tagalog: Noruwega (tl)
• Tajik: Норвегия (tg) (Norvegiya)
• Telugu: నార్వే (te)
• 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) f

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)}
• 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