Lindesnes
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Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Lindesnes
- A municipality of Vest-Agder, Norway, which is to be merged with Marnardal and Mandal on 1 January 2020 under the name of Lindesnes.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse Líðandisnes. First part from Líðandi, from the present participle of líða. According to E. Heide, the name refers to geographical features of the coast, where Lindesnes is the border between a complex coast line in the west and a easy navigatable coast line in the east. Last part from nes (“headland”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lindesnes n
- A peninsula and municipality of Vest-Agder, Norway