Svelvik
Norwegian Bokmål
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editSvelvik f (definite form Svelvika)
- A town with bystatus and municipality of Vestfold, Norway. The municipality is to be merged with Nedre Eiker and Drammen from 1 January 2020 under the name Drammen.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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editFrom Old Norse Sverðvík, likely a newer form of *Sverfðvík, from *sverfð (“a whirl”), a nominalised form of sverfa (“to whirl”), and vík. The first part may be in reference to the Svelvik current.
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editProper noun
editSvelvik f (definite form Svelvika)
- A town with bystatus in Drammen, Norway.
- A former municipality of Vestfold, Norway. Joined Drammen on 1 January 2020.
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- nb:Towns in Vestfold
- nb:Towns in Norway
- nb:Municipalities of Norway
- nb:Places in Vestfold
- nb:Places in Norway
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- nn:Towns in Norway
- nn:Places in Norway
- nn:Historical political subdivisions
- nn:Places in Vestfold