Meldal
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Proper noun edit
Meldal
- A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- (the municipality and its village): Meddarn (definite form, eye dialect)
- (the village): Medal, Medaldal, Middal (non-standard spellings)
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Meldal m (def Meldalen)
- A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway which existed until 1 january 2020), formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018). Back in the older days (around 19th century) the municipaliry has also included Rennebu (and some hillsides in Rindal).
- a valley in this municipality
- a village in the valley, administrative center of the municipality and of a church district with the same name
- a medieval herad with administrative center in the village
Etymology 2 edit
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Proper noun edit
Meldal m (def Meldalen)
- an uninhabited valley north of Beitstad
- an uninhabited valley east of Steinkjer
- an uninhabited valley on a mountain side on the Gurskøya island