Sandefjord

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Proper noun[edit]

Sandefjord

  1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Vestfold, Norway. It was enlarged on 1 January 2017 when the municipalities of Andebu and Stokke were merged with it.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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 Sandefjord kommune on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From a fjord name.

Proper noun[edit]

Sandefjord m (definite Sandefjorden)

  1. 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.
  2. (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]

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Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian Sandefjord.

Proper noun[edit]

Sandefjord m (definite Sandefjorden)

  1. A town and municipality of Vestfold, Norway.

Derived terms[edit]