syden

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Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

syden

  1. genitive singular of sysi

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From syd south (alternative form of sør), after German Süden.

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Noun[edit]

syden (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, tourism) "The south"; used to denote the Mediterranean region which since the early 1970's has been one of the foremost Norwegian vacation destinations. More recently expanded to charter-based tropical vacation destinations generally.

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Norwegian Bokmål syd, after German Süden.

Noun[edit]

syden (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, tourism) the south as a holiday destination, as above.

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