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haakon
Wiktionary
alt. A male given name; that of many kings of Norway n. A male given name; that of many kings of Norway
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 1002
Land area (2000): 1812.967408 sq. miles (4695.563830 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 14.257342 sq. miles (36.926345 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1827.224750 sq. miles (4732.490175 sq. km)
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 44.191864 N, 101.471012 W
Headwords:
Haakon, SD
Haakon County
Haakon County, SD
Wikipedia
Haakon, also spelled Håkon (in Norway), Hakon (in Denmark), Håkan (in Sweden), or Hákon, is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name Hákon meaning "High Son" from há (high, chosen) and konr (son, descendant, kin). An old English form is Hacon as in Haconby, Hacon's Village.
Haakon was the name of seven kings of Norway (see Norwegian royalty).
- King Haakon I of Norway, Haakon the Good
- King Haakon Magnusson of Norway
- King Haakon II of Norway, Haakon Herdebrei
- King Haakon III of Norway, Haakon Sverreson
- King Haakon IV of Norway, Haakon the Old
- King Haakon V of Norway, Haakon V Magnusson
- King Haakon VI of Norway, Haakon VI Magnusson
- King Haakon VII of Norway, Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel
- Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, (If he succeeds as expected, he will be known as Haakon VIII)
Other uses of Haakon or Håkon:
- Håkon Wium Lie, one of the inventors of Cascading Style Sheets
- Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician and centenarian
- Haakon County, South Dakota
- Haakon, a Varangian mentioned in the inscription on the Piraeus Lion
Haakon may refer to:
- Haakon (given name)
- Haakon County, South Dakota
- Håkon, modern Norwegian spelling of the name
- Håkan, Swedish spelling of the name
- Hakon, Danish spelling of the name
Usage examples of "haakon".
Or he might have been a king, cast in the mold of Harold, Olaf, Haakon, or Magnus.
With his Thorsfinniherring, Great-Uncle Haakon became one of the greatest fishing farmers in the North Atlantic.
Norwegian flag there, and named the region after the man for whom they would all gladly have offered their lives -- King Haakon VII.
South Pole, and give to the plain on which it lies the name of King Haakon VII.
Haakon said, unwilling to argue with someone for whom war, politics, and religion were one and the same.