Nesodden

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Nesodden

1. A municipality of Akershus, Norway

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Nesoddi, originally the name of Nesoddtangen, from Nes +‎ oddi (“cape”), with Nes being the old name of the peninsula between the Oslo Fjord and Bunne Fjord, from nes (“ness, headland”).

Proper noun

Nesodden m

1. A peninsula in Akershus, Norway

   Synonym: Nesoddlandet

2. A municipality on the Nesodden peninsula, Akershus, Norway

Derived terms

• nesodding
• Nesoddtangen

Related terms

• nes
• nesodd, nesodde (“cape of a headland”)
• odde