Haugesund

Norwegian Bokmål

Harbour of Haugesund city.

Etymology

haug +‎ -e- +‎ sund, with the meaning "the strait by the farm 'Haugar'", first part is the plural of haug (“heap, pile”) from Old Norse haugr (“howe, cairn”), from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“height, hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“hill, elevation”). Last part from Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæʉɡəsʉn/

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• Rhymes: -ʉn
• Hyphenation: Hau‧ge‧sund

Proper noun

Haugesund

1. A city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway

Derived terms

• haugesunder (“a person from Haugesund”)
• araber (“a humorous term for someone from Haugesund”)

References

• “Haugesund” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• snauhugde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Haugesund

1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Rogaland, Norway