"Hamar" meaning in English

See Hamar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Hamar, from Old Norse Hamarr, identical to hamarr (“rocky hill”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|no|Hamar}} Borrowed from Norwegian Hamar, {{der|en|non|Hamarr}} Old Norse Hamarr Head templates: {{en-prop}} Hamar
  1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark. Categories (place): Municipalities of Norway, Places in Innlandet, Norway, Places in Norway, Towns in Innlandet, Norway, Towns in Norway
    Sense id: en-Hamar-en-name-Ej3vYkqG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Hamars [plural]
Etymology: * 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hu|-}} Hungarian, {{bor|en|no|-}} Norwegian Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Hamar (plural Hamars)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Hamar-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} Hamar
  1. Alternative spelling of Xamar (“Mogadishu”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Xamar (extra: Mogadishu)
    Sense id: en-Hamar-en-name-3EqCf4YJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 4 43 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 23 20 41 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 13 42 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

Forms: Hamer [alternative]
Etymology: From Hamer-Banna hámar. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|omv}}, {{wp|+ people}}, {{bor|en|amf|hámar}} Hamer-Banna hámar Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Hamar pl (plural only)
  1. A community of mostly pastoralist people inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia. Wikidata QID: Q1572644 Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-Hamar-en-noun-en:Q1572644 Categories (other): English pluralia tantum
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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