Ålesund

See also: Alesund

English

Alternative forms

• Aalesund
• Alesund

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Ålesund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːləsʊn/, /ˈɔːləsʊnd/

Proper noun

Ålesund

1. A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.

Translations

Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal

• Arabic: أوليسوند
• Armenian: Օլեսուն (Ōlesun)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: অলেসুন্ড
• Bulgarian: О́лесун (Ólesun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧勒松／奥勒松 (Àolēisōng)

• Danish: Ålesund
• Dutch: Ålesund (nl)
• Finnish: Ålesund (fi), Aalesund
• Greek: Άαλεσουντ f (Áalesount)
• Icelandic: Álasund n
• Japanese: オーレスン (Ōresun)
• Korean: 올레순 (ollesun)
• Lithuanian: Olesiundas m
• Macedonian: О́лесунд (Ólesund)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Ålesund (no)

  Nynorsk: Ålesund

• Persian: السوند
• Polish: Ålesund m
• Portuguese: Aalesund f, Alesund f
• Russian: О́лесунн (Ólesunn)
• Swedish: Ålesund
• Ukrainian: О́лесунн (Ólesunn)

Further reading

• Aalesund in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• (Bokmål) IPA^(key): /²ɔːləsʉn/

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Proper noun

Ålesund

1. Ålesund, a town (with bystatus) and municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The municipalities of Haram, Sandøy, Skodje and Ørskog are to be merged with Ålesund municipality from 1 January 2020.

Derived terms

• ålesunder

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse *Álasund, from áll (“eel”) or áll (“stripe; channel”, cf. Icelandic áll) +‎ sund (“sound”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Álasund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɔːləsʊn(d)/
• (Ålesund) IPA^(key): [²o̞ːləsʉnd], (older) [²o̞ːləsʏnd]

Proper noun

Ålesund n (definite Ålesundet)

1. A city and municipality of Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
2. A sound in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Derived terms

• ålesunding, ålesundar (“a person from Ålesund”)