Hamar.
a town with bystatus in Innlandet, Norway, on the eastern shore of Mjøsa; the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality and Innlandet county
Meaning & usage
a town with bystatus in Innlandet, Norway, on the eastern shore of Mjøsa; the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality and Innlandet county
a municipality of Innlandet, Norway, whose administrative centre is the town of the same name
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Norse Hamarr (“rocky hill, crag”), originally the name of the farm now called Storhamar and identical to the common noun hamarr (“rocky hill, crag; cliff”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk hamar and Bokmål hammar (“rocky hill, crag”).
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