Bodø

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See also: Bodo

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

See Norwegian Bokmål.

Proper noun[edit]

Bodø

  1. A town, a municipality and port in Nordland, Norway, in the Northern Norway region.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse Bodin, from boði (boat) +‎ vin (meadow).

Proper noun[edit]

Bodø

  1. A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Northern Norway, and capital (county town) of Nordland county, Norway.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

 Bodø on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia
 Bodø kommune on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Danicised form; from Old Norse Boðin, Bǫðin. Last part from vin (meadow). First part from boði (breaker, hidden rocks underwater), or *bað with w-mutation from vin (< *winjō).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Bodø

  1. A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Northern Norway, and capital (county town) of Nordland county, Norway.