Frøya
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Frøya
- An island municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).
Etymology 2[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Frøya
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Definite form; from Old Norse Frøy, Frey f, from Proto-Germanic *Frawjō f, from *frawjô (“lord”). Also theorised to be from *fraaujō (“big island”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Frøya f
- An island and municipality on the coast of Trøndelag, Norway
- An island in Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.
Derived terms[edit]
- frøyværing (“someone from Frøya in Trøndelag”)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse Freyja, from freyja (“lady”), from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Frøya f
- (Norse mythology) Freya
- a female given name
Related terms[edit]
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Municipalities of Norway
- nb:Places in Trøndelag
- nb:Places in Norway
- Norwegian Bokmål terms borrowed from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- nb:Norse mythology
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Islands
- nn:Municipalities of Norway
- nn:Places in Trøndelag
- nn:Places in Norway
- nn:Places in Sogn og Fjordane
- nn:Norse deities
- nn:Norse mythology
- Norwegian Nynorsk given names
- Norwegian Nynorsk female given names