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Hamar

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Hamar¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Norwegian Hamar, from Old Norse Hamarr, identical to hamarr (“rocky hill”).

proper noun

  1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.

Hamar²

Where it comes from

* As a Hungarian surname, a nickname from hamar (“fast”).

* As a Norwegian, surname, a habitational surname from hamar (“hammer; stone, cliff, crag”).

* As an English surname, variant of Hamer.

proper noun Hamars

  1. A surname.

Hamar³

Where it comes from

From Hamer-Banna hámar.

noun Hamer

  1. plural, plural only A community of mostly pastoralist people inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia.

Hamar⁴

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of Xamar (“Mogadishu”).

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Hamar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hamar

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@misc{hamar_2026,
  title = {Hamar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hamar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}