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Austgulen.

a locality in Gulen, Vestland, Norway, also the name of a basic statistical unit in the municipality

9 characters3 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

name/²ˈæʉstˌɡʉː.lən/[ˈæ̂ʉstˌɡʉː.lən]
  1. a locality in Gulen, Vestland, Norway, also the name of a basic statistical unit in the municipality

  2. a surname transferred from the place name, from the locality in Gulen Municipality

Where this word comes from

From aust (“east, eastern”) + Gulen, literally “eastern Gulen”. The second element is of uncertain origin: Gulen has been derived either from Old Norse gul (“gust of wind”), or, more probably, from a Germanic root *geul reflected in Old Norse gjól (“cleft”). The surname is habitational, transferred from the place name.

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