Sandefjord
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Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Sandefjord
- 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)
- 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.
- (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
Swedish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian Sandefjord.
Proper noun
Sandefjord m (definite Sandefjorden)
- A town and municipality of Vestfold, Norway.