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hval.

a whale

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʋɑːl//ʋɑːɽ/
  1. a whale

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Danish hval, from Old Norse hvalr, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”).

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