"Haugesund" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈhæʉɡəsʉn/ Audio: nb-haugesund.ogg
Rhymes: -ʉn Etymology: haug + -e- + sund, with the meaning "the strait by the farm 'Haugar'", first part is the plural of haug (“heap, pile”) from Old Norse haugr (“howe, cairn”), from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“height, hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“hill, elevation”). Last part from Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm. Etymology templates: {{root|nb|ine-pro|*kewk-}}, {{af|nb|haug|-e-|sund}} haug + -e- + sund, {{inh|nb|non|haugr||howe, cairn}} Old Norse haugr (“howe, cairn”), {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*haugaz||height, hill}} Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“height, hill”), {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*kewk-||hill, elevation}} Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“hill, elevation”), {{inh|nb|non|sund||swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)}} Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*sundą||swimming, sound, strait}} Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*swm̥tóm}} Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm Head templates: {{head|nb|proper noun}} Haugesund
  1. A city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway Categories (place): Cities in Norway, Cities in Rogaland, Municipalities of Norway, Places in Norway, Places in Rogaland Derived forms: haugesunder (english: a person from Haugesund), araber (english: a humorous term for someone from Haugesund)
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