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Ullern.

a borough of Oslo, Norway

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

name/²ʉlː.ɛrn/[ˈʉ̂lː.æɳ]
  1. a borough of Oslo, Norway

  2. a neighborhood of Ullern borough, Oslo, Norway

  3. a farm in Oslo, Norway, the historical farm from which the neighborhood and borough take their name

  4. a parish of Oslo, Norway

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Norse Ullarin, from Ullar, the genitive of Ullr (“Ull”), and vin (“natural meadow, pasture”), hence “Ull's meadow”. The name originally belonged to Ullern farm, which is first mentioned in 1357–1358. The surrounding neighborhood, parish and later administrative borough were named after the farm.

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