Fagernes.
a town in Nord-Aurdal municipality, Innlandet, Norway, the administrative centre of the municipality and a regional centre for Valdres
Meaning & usage
a town in Nord-Aurdal municipality, Innlandet, Norway, the administrative centre of the municipality and a regional centre for Valdres
a village in Tromsø municipality, Troms, Norway
a neighborhood of Narvik, Narvik municipality, Nordland, Norway
a surname transferred from the place name, originating from one of several places named Fagernes
Where this word comes from
From fager (“beautiful, fair”) + nes (“headland, promontory”), literally “beautiful headland”. The name of the town in Nord-Aurdal was coined around 1857 by the merchant Otto Stuve, who combined fager with the name of the farm Nes, where the settlement developed. As a surname, it is habitational, originating from one of the places named Fagernes.
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