Sandefjord
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Proper noun edit
Sandefjord
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From a fjord name.
Proper noun edit
Sandefjord m (definite Sandefjorden)
- A town with bystatus and municipality of Vestfold, Norway. It was enlarged on 1th January 2017 when the municipalities of Andebu and Stokke were merged with it.
- (definite form) Synonym of Sandefjordsfjorden
Usage notes edit
In 2006, there was a debate about changing the name of the pleonasm Sandefjordsfjord to Sandefjorden (definite form), but ended with no change.
Derived terms edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian Sandefjord.
Proper noun edit
Sandefjord m (definite Sandefjorden)
- A town and municipality of Vestfold, Norway.