Narvik

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑː(ɹ)vɪk/

Proper noun

Narvik

  1. A town and municipality in Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway.
    • 1940 December, “Railways and the War—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 629:
      In the early spring the war took on a new aspect with the German invasions of Denmark and Norway on April 9, hinging largely on the export of iron ore from the Norwegian Atlantic port of Narvik, at the western end of the Swedish Lapland iron ore railway.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Narvik

  1. a town with bystatus and municipality of Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway. The municipality borders onto Sweden.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Narvik

  1. a town with bystatus and municipality of Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway
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