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Kinso.

a river in Ullensvang, Vestland, Norway, flowing from the northwestern part of Hardangervidda through Husedalen and emptying into Kinsarvikbukti in the Hardangerfjord at Kinsarvik

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Meaning & usage

name/çɪn.su/[ˈçɪn.sʊ]
  1. a river in Ullensvang, Vestland, Norway, flowing from the northwestern part of Hardangervidda through Husedalen and emptying into Kinsarvikbukti in the Hardangerfjord at Kinsarvik

Where this word comes from

An old river name, probably related to kinn (“cheek; steep mountainside”), referring to the steep sides of Husedalen. The older genitival form Kinns is preserved as the first element of Kinsarvik, literally “the bay of Kinso”. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Kinso (“river”).

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