Håland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse Háland, Hávaland, from hár (“high”) +‎ land (“land”). Doublet of Holand (< hór-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /¹hɔːlan(d)/, (rare) /²hɔːlan(d)/
  • (Kyrkjebø in Sogn) IPA(key): [¹hɔ̞͡u̞ː.lɐ̞nd]

Proper noun

Håland n

  1. a common farm name found across South Western Norway (from Agder to Sunnfjord)
  2. a surname, used by people from these farms
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.