Stavanger

Stavanger

1. A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is also the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.

From Old Norse Stafangr, a compound of stafr +‎ angr. Akin to Stavang. The meanings of the composite words are straightforward, but what exactly they refer to is unclear.[1]

• angr (“bay, fjord”), in reference to a body of water. This could be Breiavatnet, Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, Vågen , or Østervåg. Norwegian etymologist Inge Særheim sees Vågen, the inlet atop the mouth of which stands the Stavanger Cathedral, as the most likely candidate.[1]
• stafr (“staff”), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz, relating to the straight and unbending shape of a landform.[1] This could refer to the out-jutting headland on the east lip of Vågen, a steep drop down into (the shore of) a body of water, or simply the unbending shape of the body of water in question.[1] Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, and Vågen all have straightish shapes.

• IPA^(key): /staˈʋaŋːər/

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• Rhymes: -ər
• Hyphenation: Sta‧vang‧er

Stavanger

1. Stavanger (a city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway)
2. Stavanger (a historical county from 1662 to 1919, roughly equivalent to modern day Rogaland, Norway)

• stavanger (“a person from Stavanger”)
• Stavangerhalvøya (“Stavanger Peninsula”)
• Stavangerregionen (“Greater Stavanger”)
• stavangersk (“the dialect spoken in Stavanger, or something related to Stavanger”)

• “Stavanger” in Store norske leksikon
• “Stavanger amt” in Store norske leksikon

• Stavang

From Old Norse Stafangr, a compound of stafr +‎ angr. Akin to Stavang. The meanings of the composite words are straightforward, but what exactly they refer to is unclear.[1]

• angr (“bay, fjord”), in reference to a body of water. This could be Breiavatnet, Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, Vågen , or Østervåg. Norwegian etymologist Inge Særheim sees Vågen, the inlet atop the mouth of which stands the Stavanger Cathedral, as the most likely candidate.[1]
• stafr (“staff”), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz, relating to the straight and unbending shape of a landform.[1] This could refer to the out-jutting headland on the east lip of Vågen, a steep drop down into (the shore of) a body of water, or simply the unbending shape of the body of water in question.[1] Byfjorden, Hillevågsvatnet, and Vågen all have straightish shapes.

• IPA^(key): /staˈvaŋɡər/, /staˈvaŋːər/, [stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ɡər], [stɐ̞.ˈʋɐ̞ŋ.ŋəɾ]
• (Stavanger) IPA^(key): [sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋɔɰ], [sta̝.ˈʋa̝ŋ.ŋəɰ]
• Rhymes: -aŋɡər, -aŋːər
• Hyphenation: Sta‧vang‧er

Stavanger m

1. A city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway.
2. (now historical) A former county (amt) in Norway, from 1662 to 1919, roughly equivalent to modern-day Rogaland.

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