Åsa
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "asa"
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Ása, short form of female compound names beginning with the element áss, ǫ́ss (“god”). Cognate with Icelandic and Faroese Ása, Swedish Åsa and Danish Åse.
Proper noun[edit]
Åsa f (definite Åsa)
- a female given name from Old Norse
Related terms[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse Ása, short form of female compound names beginning with the element áss, óss (“god”). First recorded as a (revived) given name in Sweden in 1888. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Aase, Åse and Norwegian Åsa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Åsa c (genitive Åsas)
- a female given name
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 37 515 females with the given name Åsa living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk female given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk female given names from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish given names
- Swedish female given names