Gjøvik

Gjøvik

2. A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, by the western shore of the lake Mjøsa; formerly part of the county of Oppland.

Gjøvik

1. Gjøvik (a town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, by the western shore of the lake Mjøsa; formerly part of the county of Oppland)

From Old Norse Djúpvík, from djúpr (“deep”) +‎ vík (“bay”). Doublet of Djup(e)vika, Devika, and Dybevik.

• IPA^(key): /²jøːviːk/
• (Vardal) IPA^(key): /²jiːvik/

Gjøvik f

1. Gjøvik (a town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, by the western shore of the lake Mjøsa; formerly part of the county of Oppland)
   • 1983, Alf Prøysen, “Æille har et syskenbån på Gjøvik”:

     Men æille har et syskenbån på Gjøvik, om tok de fysste skretta æillt i fjor.

     But everybody has a cousin in Gjøvik, which took their first steps last year.

Preposition: på or i. There are discussions about what way is more correct.