Karlsøy

Norwegian Bokmål

View of the village of Hansnes located on the northeast side of the island of Ringvassøya, along the Langsundet strait, with the island of Reinøya in the background. Hansnes is the administrative centre of Karlsøy Municipality (Karlsøy kommune) in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway.

Etymology

The municipality gets its name from the island Karlsøya (“Karlsøya”), from Old Norse Kalsøe (“Karlsøya”), the first part of the word comes from the male given name Kalfr, derived from Kalven, formerly meaning "the little island which lies next to the bigger one", referring to Vannøya. The last part øy, from Old Norse ey (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“floodplain, island”), from earlier *agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”). Doublet of Karlsøya.

Prior to 1909, the spelling Karlsø was used.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːɭsœʏ/, /ˈkɑːʁlsœʏ/

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• Rhymes: -œʏ
• Hyphenation: Karls‧øy

Proper noun

Karlsøy

1. Karlsøy (an island municipality of Troms og Finnmark, Norway)

Derived terms

• karlsøyværing (“a person from Karlsøy”)

References

• “Karlsøy” in Store norske leksikon