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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kaupangr, from kaup + vangr. Cognate with Icelandic kaupangur, Swedish köping and Danish købing.
Noun
kaupang m (definite singular kaupangen, indefinite plural kaupangar, definite plural kaupangane)
- market town
1900, Snorri Sturluson, translated by Steinar Schjøtt, Kings’ sagas [King Sagas], page 417:Vetteren etter sat kong Olav i kaupangen, og dette var de trettande aare av kongedøme hans.- The winter thereon, king Olaf sat in the market town , and this was the thirteenth year of his rule.