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Skien.

Skien (a municipality and city in Vestfold og Telemark, Eastern Norway, Norway)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

name/²ʃeːn̩/
  1. Skien (a municipality and city in Vestfold og Telemark, Eastern Norway, Norway)

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse Skiða (“Skien”), perhaps originally the name of a river in the area, derived from the word skiða (“straight plank”).

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