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Hamar.

A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.

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Meaning & usage

name
  1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Norwegian Hamar, from Old Norse Hamarr, identical to hamarr (“rocky hill”).

name
  1. A surname.

Where this word comes from

* 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.

noun
  1. A community of mostly pastoralist people inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia.

    plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From Hamer-Banna hámar.

name
  1. Alternative spelling of Xamar (“Mogadishu”).

    alt-of · alternative
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