Rjukan
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Proper noun edit
Rjukan
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- Rjukand (alternative spelling)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Rjúkandi, the present participle of rjúka. Doublet of Rjukande.
The town in Tinn is named after a waterfall originally carrying this name, now called Rjukanfossen.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Rjukan m
- A common waterfall name, with the highest frequency in Telemark and Agder
- A town in Tinn, Telemark, Norway
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Categories:
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Towns in Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk doublets
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Towns in Telemark
- nn:Towns in Norway
- nn:Places in Telemark
- nn:Places in Norway