Sveio

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse *Sviða, from sviða f (“woodland cleared by burning”), whence also svida, sve.

Proper noun

Sveio f

  1. a municipality of Sunnhordland district, Hordaland, Norway

Derived terms

  • sveibu (“someone from Sveio”)
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