Stavanger
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Stavanger
- /stæˈvæŋə/
Where it comes from
From Norwegian Stavanger, from Old Norse Stafangr (literally “staff bay”).
proper noun
- A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen. For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast.
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Talk about this word "Stavanger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/stavanger. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Stavanger. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/stavanger "Stavanger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/stavanger.Cite this
@misc{stavanger_2026,
title = {Stavanger},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stavanger},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
