Sandøy

See also: Sandoy

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Sandøy

  1. a municipality consisting of islands in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. To be merged with Ålesund municipality from 1 January 2020.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²vɪːœʏː/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Sandøy

  1. a municipality consisting of islands in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Etymology 2

Adapted borrowing of Faroese Sandoy, from sandur (“sand”) +‎ oy, a variant of oyggj (“island”). Cognate with Icelandic Sandey and Danish Sandø.

Proper noun

Sandøy f

  1. an island of the Faroe Islands; official name: Sandoy
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