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Norwegian

[ nawr-wee-juhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Norway, its inhabitants, or their language.


noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Norway.
  2. the language of Norway, a Germanic language spoken in two different dialects known as Bokmål and Nynorsk. : Norw

Norwegian

/ nɔːˈwiːdʒən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of Norway, its language, or its people
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. any of the various North Germanic languages of Norway See also Nynorsk Bokmål Compare Norse
  2. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Norway
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • an·ti-Nor·we·gian adjective noun
  • pro-Nor·we·gian adjective noun
  • pseu·do-Nor·we·gian adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Norwegian1

1595–1605; earlier Norvegian < Medieval Latin Norvegi ( a ) Norway + -an
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Example Sentences

Norwegian officials said 23 people had died in the country a short time after receiving their first dose of the vaccine.

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Carnival and its top competitors, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian, now say they won’t be sailing before March or later, meaning the pandemic has largely frozen the industry for at least a year.

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The book covers sports as diverse as the National Football League and Norwegian cross-country skiing, soccer’s Premier League and England women’s field hockey.

The world’s largest cruise conglomerates—Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian—have remained afloat by selling ships for scrap and taking on new debt.

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Equinor, for its part, has pledged to hit a net-zero target for emissions by 2050—despite still being rooted in the Norwegian oil industry.

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Håkon, a Norwegian psychologist friend, said I would need therapy afterwards.

A Norwegian population-based survey of nearly 4,000 women under 45 found a clear link between exercise intensity and fertility.

Opponents of their expansion, Norwegian Airline argues, are simply against new competition.

In the ad, they cite an article published by several Norwegian scientists in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience.

DNV GL, a Norwegian environmental technology company, is working on a way to introduce wind power into off-shore oil production.

Kielland's attitude towards his material, on the other hand, is new to Norwegian literature.

He forgets, you see, that he possessed an unusual constitution, and the temperament of a Norwegian herring.

His appearance accorded with our ideas of the Vikings of old; he was, in fact, of Norwegian descent.

All other information comes from the Norwegian edition and some illustrators initials.

My travelling companions, including my mother and a Norwegian woman going to Christiania, were more fortunate in this respect.

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