Norway

English Edit

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Norway

Alternative forms Edit

Norroway (archaic)
Norwey (obsolete)

Etymology Edit

From Middle English Norwey, Norweye, Northwey, Norweȝe, Norewæiȝ, Norwæge, from Old English Norþweġ, a calque of Old Norse Norðvegr (“north way”), from norðr (“north”) + vegr (“way”), contrasted with suðrvegr (“south way”), i.e. Germany, and austrvegr (“east way”), the Baltic lands. Norwegian (1607) is from Medieval Latin Norvegia, with the -w- from Norway. Equivalent to North + way.

Pronunciation Edit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː.weɪ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹ.weɪ/
Audio (US) (file)

Proper noun Edit

Norway

A country in Scandinavia, in northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway.
The former name of a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, now Upper Beaches.
A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
An unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois.
A census-designated place in White County, Indiana.
A small city in Benton County, Iowa.
A rural unincorporated community in Republic County, Kansas.
A town in Oxford County, Maine.
A small city in Dickinson County, Michigan.
An unincorporated community in Thomas County, Nebraska.
A small town in Herkimer County, New York.
A small town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.

Synonyms Edit

Norwegia

Derived terms Edit

Related terms Edit

Translations Edit

Scandinavian country

Afrikaans: Noorweë
Albanian: Norvegji f (indefinite), Norvegjia (sq) f (definite)
Amharic: ኖርዌይ (norwey)
Arabic: النُّرْوِيج‎ f (an-nurwīj), النُّرْوِيج‎ f (an-nurwēg), نُرْوِيج‎ f (nurwīj), نُرْوِيج‎ f (nurwēg), النَّرُوج‎ f (an-narūj), نَرُوج‎ f (narūj)
Hijazi Arabic: النُّرْويج‎ f (an-nurwīj)
Armenian: Նորվեգիա (Norvegia)
Aromanian: Nurveghii f (indefinite), Nurveghia (definite), Nãrvãyii (indefinite), Nãrvãyia (definite)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܲܪܒ݂ܲܝܓ‎ f (narwayg)
Asturian: Noruega (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Norveç (az)
Bashkir: Норвегия (Norvegiya)
Basque: Norvegia (eu)
Bavarian: Norwegn
Belarusian: Нарве́гія f (Narvjéhija), Нарвэ́гія f (Narvéhija) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: নরওয়ে (bn) (norōẇe)
Breton: Norvegia (br)
Bulgarian: Норве́гия (bg) f (Norvégija)
Burmese: နော်ဝေ (nauwe)
Catalan: Noruega (ca) f, Norvègia (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 挪威 (no⁴ wai¹)

Mandarin: 挪威 (zh) (Nuówēi)
Cornish: Norgagh m
Czech: Norsko (cs) n
Danish: Norge (da) n
Dhivehi: ނޯވޭ‎ (dv) (nōvē)
Dutch: Noorwegen (nl) n
Dzongkha: ནོ་ཝེ་ (no we)
Esperanto: Norvegio, Norvegujo (eo)
Estonian: Norra (et)
Farefare: Norsore
Faroese: Noreg (fo) n, Norra n, Noregsland n, Noregur m
Finnish: Norja (fi)
French: Norvège (fr) f
Galician: Noruega (gl) f
Georgian: ნორვეგია (ka) (norvegia)
German: Norwegen (de) n
Greek: Νορβηγία (el) f (Norvigía)
Greenlandic: Norge (kl)
Hausa: Norwe, Nowe
Hawaiian: Nolewai
Hebrew: נורווגיה \ נוֹרְוֶגְיָה‎ (he) f (norvégya) (cf. נוֹרְבֶגְיָה‎ (he) f)
Hiligaynon: Norwega
Hindi: नॉर्वे (hi) m (nŏrve)
Hungarian: Norvégia (hu)
Icelandic: Noregur (is) m
Ido: Norvegia (io)
Inari Sami: Taažâ
Indonesian: Norwegia (id)
Interlingua: Norvega, Norvegia
Irish: An Iorua f, Ríocht na hIorua f
Italian: Norvegia (it) f
Japanese: ノルウェー (ja) (Noruwē), (obsolete) 諾威 (ja) (Noruwē)
Kazakh: Норвегия (kk) (Norvegiä)
Khmer: ន័រវែស (km) (nɔəvɛɛh)
Kildin Sami: Та̄р е̄ммьне (Tār ’ēmm’nje), Та̄ре̄ммьне (Tāriemm’nje)
Korean: 노르웨이 (ko) (Noreuwei)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Norwêc
Kven: Norja, Ruiđa
Kyrgyz: Норвегия (Norvegiya)
Lao: ນອກແວ (nǭk wǣ)
Latin: Norvegia f
Latvian: Norvēģija f
Limburgish: Nórwaeg n
Lithuanian: Norvegija (lt) f
Livonian: Norvēgmō
Livvi: Norviegii
Lule Sami: Vuodna
Luxembourgish: Norwegen (lb) n
Macedonian: Норвешка (mk) f (Norveška)
Malay: Norway
Maltese: Norveġja
Manx: Loghlyn
Maori: Nōwei, Norowe
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Норвеги (mn) (Norvegi)
Norman: Norouague f
Northern Sami: Norga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Norge (no) n

Nynorsk: Noreg (nn) n
Occitan: Norvègia (oc) f
Old English: Norþweġ m
Old French: Norweie f
Oriya: ନରୱେ (nôrôwe)
Ossetian: Норвеги (Norvegi)
Pashto: ناروې‎ f (nārwe)
Pennsylvania German: Norwegen n
Persian: نروژ‎ (fa) (norvež)
Pite Sami: Vuodna
Polish: Norwegia (pl) f
Portuguese: Noruega (pt) f
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Rarotongan: Noruē
Romani:
Vlax Romani: Norvejiya
Romanian: Norvegia (ro) f
Russian: Норве́гия (ru) f (Norvégija)
Rusyn: Норьско n (Norʹsko)
Scots: Norawa
Scottish Gaelic: Nirribhidh f, Lochlann m or f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Но̀рвешка̄ f

Roman: Nòrveškā (sh) f
Sicilian: Nurbeggia f
Silesian: Norwygijo f
Sinhalese: නෝර්වේ (nōrwē)
Skolt Sami: Taarr
Slovak: Nórsko (sk) n
Slovene: Norvẹ̑ška (sl) f
Southern Sami: Nöörje, Nøørje
Spanish: Noruega (es) f
Swahili: Norwe (sw)
Swedish: Norge (sv) n
Tagalog: Norwega
Tajik: Норвегия (tg) (Norvegiya)
Tatar: Норвегия (Norwegiya)
Telugu: నార్వే (te) (nārvē)
Thai: นอร์เวย์ (th) (nɔɔ-wee)
Tigrinya: ኖርዌ (norwe)
Turkish: Norveç (tr)
Turkmen: Norwegiýa
Ukrainian: Норве́гія (uk) f (Norvéhija), Норве́ґія f (Norvégija)
Urdu: نارْوے‎ m (nārve), نُرْوِژ‎ m (norvež)
Uyghur: نورۋېگىيە‎ (norwëgiye)
Uzbek: Norvegiya (uz)
Vietnamese: Na Uy (vi) (挪威)
Volapük: Norgän (vo)
Võro: Norra
Welsh: Norwy (cy) f
Yiddish: נאָרוועגיע‎ n (norvegye)
Yoruba: Nọọwii
Zhuang: Nozveih

Noun Edit

Norway (plural Norways)

Short for Norway rat.