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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Of or relating to Norway or its people, language, or culture.
  2. n. A native or inhabitant of Norway.
  3. n. A person of Norwegian descent.
  4. n. Dano-Norwegian.
  5. n. New Norwegian.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Of or pertaining to Norway; belonging to, found in, or derived from Norway.
  2. n. A native of Norway, a kingdom of Europe in the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula, which since 1814 has been united with Sweden under a common sovereign, but has a separate parliament and administration.
  3. n. The language of Norway. It is a Scandinavian language, nearly allied to Icelandic-Danish on the one side and to Danish on the other. Abbreviated Norwegian
  4. n. A kind of fishing-boat used on the Great Lakes. It is a huge unwieldy boat, 35 or 40 feet in length, with flaring bows, great sheer, and high sides, and is sloop-rigged. It is dry in all weathers, but is used only by the Scandinavian fishermen, most other fishermen objecting to the slowness of its motion and the great labor of rowing in a calm.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The language of Norway.
  2. n. A native of Norway.
  3. adj. Of or pertaining to Norway (the country)
  4. adj. Of or pertaining to the Norwegian people
  5. adj. Of or pertaining to the Norwegian language

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language.
  2. n. A native of Norway.
  3. n. That branch of the Scandinavian language spoken in Norway.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a native or inhabitant of Norway
  2. adj. of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language
  3. n. a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway

Etymologies

  1. From Medieval Latin Norwegia + -ian. (Wiktionary)
  2. From Medieval Latin Norvegia, Norway (influenced by Norway ), from Old Norse Norvegr : perhaps nordhr, north; see ner-1 in Indo-European roots + vegr, region; see wegh- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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