Frøya
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Frøya
- An island municipality of Trøndelag, Norway, formerly in Sør-Trøndelag (until 1 January 2018).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Definite form; from Old Norse Frøy, Frey f, from Proto-Germanic *Frawjō f, from *frawjô (“lord”). Also theorised to be from *fraaujō (“big island”).
Pronunciation
- (Trøndelag) IPA(key): /¹frœʏːa/
- (Nordfjord) IPA(key): /¹frœʏːna/
Proper noun
Frøya f
- An island and municipality on the coast of Trøndelag, Norway
- An island in Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.
Derived terms
- frøyværing (“someone from Frøya in Trøndelag”)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse Freyja, from freyja (“lady”), from Proto-Germanic *frawjǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²frœʏːa/, /¹frœʏːa/
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