Sandefjord

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

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

Etymology

From a fjord name.

Proper noun

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

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
  • Sandefjordsfjorden

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian Sandefjord.

Proper noun

Sandefjord m (definite Sandefjorden)

  1. A town and municipality of Vestfold, Norway.

Derived terms
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