"Kristiansand" meaning in All languages combined

See Kristiansand on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Kristiansand
  1. A city and municipality of Agder, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder. Wikipedia link: Kristiansand Categories (place): Cities in Agder, Norway, Cities in Norway, Municipalities of Norway, Places in Agder, Norway, Places in Norway
    Sense id: en-Kristiansand-en-name-zbmY5hid Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈkrɪstɪansan/ Audio: nb-kristiansand.ogg Forms: Christianssand [alternative], Christiansand [alternative]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: First part from Kristian, after Christian IV of Denmark, the King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 to 1648, who founded the city on the 5th of July 1641. Last part from sand (“sand”), referring to the sandy headland the city was built on, where the river Otra has its outlet. Head templates: {{head|nb|proper noun}} Kristiansand
  1. Kristiansand (a city and municipality of Agder, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder) Categories (place): Cities in Agder, Norway, Cities in Norway, Municipalities of Norway, Places in Agder, Norway, Places in Norway
    Sense id: en-Kristiansand-nb-name-BVRgwu~d Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
  2. Kristiansand (a historical county from 1671 to right before 1700 in Norway) Categories (place): Places in Norway
    Sense id: en-Kristiansand-nb-name-aHJ3cFPX Categories (other): Former political divisions
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kristiansander (english: a person from Kristiansand), kristiansandenser (english: a person from Kristiansand diocese, or from the city of Kristiansand)

Proper name [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /krɪstjanˈsan(d)/, [kɰɛ̞sjɐ̞nˈsɐ̞nː] (note: Kristiansand), [kɰɪstjɐ̞nˈsɐ̞nː] (note: Kristiansand)
Etymology: A Norwegianised spelling of Danish Christianssand, from Christian + sand (“sand”). Named after Christian IV of Denmark who initiated the construction of a “kvadratur” on the place in 1641. Etymology templates: {{bor|nn|da|Christianssand}} Danish Christianssand, {{com|da|Christian|sand|nocat=1|t2=sand}} Christian + sand (“sand”) Head templates: {{head|nn|proper noun|g=m}} Kristiansand m
  1. Kristiansand (a city and municipality of Agder, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder) Wikipedia link: Kvadraturen (Kristiansand) Tags: masculine Categories (place): Cities in Agder, Norway, Cities in Norway, Municipalities of Norway, Places in Agder, Norway, Places in Norway Derived forms: kristiansandar (english: someone from Kristiansand), Kristiansandsfjorden (english: the Kristiansand Fjord)
    Sense id: en-Kristiansand-nn-name-BVRgwu~d Categories (other): Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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