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Gloppen.

a municipality of Nordfjord district, Vestland, Norway, whose administrative centre is Sandane

7 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɡlɔpː.ən//ˈɡlœpː.ən/
  1. a municipality of Nordfjord district, Vestland, Norway, whose administrative centre is Sandane

  2. a surname transferred from the place name, a habitational surname from the place name Gloppen

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse Gloppi, originally the name of the fjord now called Gloppefjorden. The name is probably related to Old Norse gloppa, the source of gloppe (“narrow opening; cleft, ravine”), and likely refers to the fjord's narrow mouth between Anda and Hestenesøyra. The surname is habitational, from the place name.

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