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Gaflari.

person from Hafnarfjörður

7 characters3 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. person from Hafnarfjörður

    informal · masculine · no-plural
Where this word comes from

From gafl (“gable”) + -ari. Originated during the Great Depression, when unemployed workers would wait by the gables of houses to see whether anyone needed work that day.

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