Norwegian
[nɔ:'wi:dʒən]
Definition
(noun.) a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway.
(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Norway.
(adj.) of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language; 'Norwegian herring' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Norway, its inhabitants, or its language.
(n.) A native of Norway.
(n.) That branch of the Scandinavian language spoken in Norway.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to Norway—(Shak.) Norwē′yan.—n. a native of Norway: a kind of fishing-boat on the Great Lakes.
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Examples
- One Norwegian long defended it by his single arm, and was at length pierced with a spear thrust through the planks of the bridge from a boat beneath. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The crew had thought she would founder and had made for the Norwegian coast in the dinghy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The very dissimilar Norwegian and Swedish peoples were bound together under one king. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This train generally had from seven to ten coaches filled always with Norwegians, all bound for Iowa and Minnesota. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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