Crossword clues for norwegian
norwegian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Norwegian \Nor*we"gi*an\, prop. a. [Cf. Icel. Noregr, Norvegr, Norway. See North, and Way.] Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language.
Norwegian \Nor*we"gi*an\, prop. n.
A native of Norway.
That branch of the Scandinavian language spoken in Norway.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600 (n. and adj.), sometimes in early use Norvegian, from Medieval Latin Norvegia "Norway," from Old Norse Norvegr (see Norway) + -ian.
Wikipedia
Norwegian may refer to:
- Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
- Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
- Demographics of Norway
- The Norwegian language, including the two official written forms:
- Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway
- Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway
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Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian
- Norwegian Long Haul, a subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights
- Norwegian coupling, used for narrow-gauge railways
- Norwegian Cruise Line, a cruise line
- Norwegian Forest Cat, a domestic cat breed
- Norwegian Red, an internationally popular breed of dairy cattle
- Norwegian Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
Usage examples of "norwegian".
European attitude seemed to be behind the remarks by the Norwegian ambassador to Israel, Torleiv Anda, who told Israeli reporters in February 1988 that the Nazi occupation was actually more enlightened than the Israeli one in the West Bank and Gaza.
Norwegians, Spanish Falangists, Finns, Ukrainian nationalists, Serbs, Croatians, Dalmatians, Montenegrans, Latvians, Esthonians, Lithuanians, Dutch, Flemings, Walloons, a few Swiss nationals, Bessarabians, Turks, even one or two Syrians have turned up.
Dutch, five Greek, three French, one Norwegian and one or two other foreign boats as well.
That touched us U-boat men to the quick, seeing that we would have to hand over our boats to the Anglo-Americans without a fight, whether they were at sea, in Norwegian harbours or in home bases.
Rear Admiral Fritz Bonte, commanding the German destroyer flotilla, answered by sending an officer in a launch to the Norwegian vessel to demand surrender.
The next real breakthrough came in 1983 when cyclosporine, a drug derived from a Norwegian fungus, hit the market.
Their efforts brought an end to the neglect, abuse, and suffering of more than a hundred Alaskan malamutes, golden retrievers, Norwegian elkhounds, Samoyeds, Siberian huskies, and dogs of numerous other breeds.
Leader Alan Eastoe turned the AWACS Nimrod in a slow arc as he completed the southerly leg of his patrol at twenty-five thousand feet above the road which straggled across the Norwegian Finnmark from the Tanafjord to the small town of Karasjok.
In addition to the Socialist papers already referred to, there are in our country hundreds of others in English, German, Bohemian, Polish, Jewish, Slovac, Slavonic, Danish, Italian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Lettish, Norwegian, Croatian, Russian, and Swedish.
Socialist Party, even as far back as 1913, published in the United States some 200 or more papers and periodicals in English, German, Bohemian, Polish, Jewish, Slovac, Slavonic, Danish, Italian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Lettish, Norwegian, Croatian, Russian and Swedish.
Montreal and loajed on the Stord, a Norwegian -built merchant ship, which promptly ran aground at Pointe des Monts in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
Our final midcourse maneuver was scheduled in two days and things would be too busy then, and too locked in concrete, to coordinate any trajectory changes with the Norwegians.
When Billy got this angry, his voice had a hint of the old Norski accent that his mom and dad still had, even though neither of them actually spoke any Norwegian.
They could have gone northabout and tried to reach their own home waters by the Norwegian fiords.
The coming of Olaf was therefore regarded with great favour by the Orcadian vikings, who thought it possible that he would join them in an attempt to drive Earl Hakon from the Norwegian throne.