"Selje" meaning in All languages combined

See Selje on Wiktionary

Proper name [Norwegian Bokmål]

Head templates: {{head|nb|proper noun}} Selje
  1. A municipality of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. To be merged with Eid on 1 January 2020 under the name of Stad. Wikipedia link: Selje, no:Selje (kommune), no:Selje (tettsted) Categories (place): Municipalities of Norway, Places in Norway, Places in Sogn og Fjordane
    Sense id: en-Selje-nb-name-d5TmA8OI Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header

Proper name [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /²sɛljə/, /²sɛlja/ Forms: Selja [definite]
Etymology: Originally only an island name; from Old Norse Selja, possibly derived from sel (“pasture shed”), or less likely from salr (“room, hall”), referring to the cave where Saint Sunniva and her followers dwelled after reaching the island in the 10th century. Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|Selja}} Old Norse Selja, {{m|non|sel||pasture shed}} sel (“pasture shed”), {{m|non|salr||room, hall}} salr (“room, hall”) Head templates: {{head|nn|proper noun|definite|Selja|g=f}} Selje f (definite Selja)
  1. A village and former municipality of Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Tags: feminine Categories (place): Historical political subdivisions, Places in Norway, Places in Sogn og Fjordane, Villages in Norway, Villages in Sogn og Fjordane
    Sense id: en-Selje-nn-name-lXkH3DgX
  2. (definite form) an island in Stad, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway Tags: feminine Categories (place): Islands, Places in Norway, Places in Sogn og Fjordane
    Sense id: en-Selje-nn-name-wxOyCFl9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: seljeværing (english: someone from Selje)

Download JSON data for Selje meaning in All languages combined (5.5kB)

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