Nes.
a municipality of Akershus, Norway
Meaning & usage
a municipality of Akershus, Norway
a parish of Ringsaker, Innlandet, Norway, also used for the surrounding district and former municipality
a former municipality of Buskerud, Norway, renamed Nesbyen in 2020
a surname from habitational, from Norwegian farm names and places named Nes
Where this word comes from
From the common noun nes (“headland, point of land”), from Old Norse nes (“headland, promontory”), from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“headland, cape”), itself derived from Proto-Germanic *nasō (“nose”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”). The place names refer to land projecting into water; the Akershus municipality is named from a former parsonage on the headland where Vorma and Glomma meet. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Nes, Danish Næs, Swedish Näs, Icelandic Nes and English Ness (“place-name element”).
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