Kirkenes
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Kirkenes
- A town in Norway
Translations
town in Norway
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Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Kirkenes
- A town in Sør-Varanger, Finnmark, in the far north-eastern corner of Norway and close to the Russian border.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Newer name; from Danish Kirkenæs, from kirke (“church”) + nes (“headland”), referring to a church on the place built in 1862. Replaced the older names Pisselvnes and Håkjerringnes.
Proper noun
Kirkenes n
- A town in Sør-Varanger, Finnmark, in the far north-eastern corner of Norway, close to the Russian border.