Kirkenes

English

Etymology

From Norwegian Kirkenes.

Proper noun

Kirkenes

  1. A town in Norway

Translations

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Kirkenes

  1. A town in Sør-Varanger, Finnmark, in the far north-eastern corner of Norway and close to the Russian border.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Newer name; from Danish Kirkenæs, from kirke (“church”) +‎ nes (“headland”), referring to a church on the place built in 1862. Replaced the older names Pisselvnes and Håkjerringnes.

Proper noun

Kirkenes n

  1. A town in Sør-Varanger, Finnmark, in the far north-eastern corner of Norway, close to the Russian border.
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