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FromMedieval LatinNorvegia (fromOld NorseNorvegr(“Norway”)) +‎-an, withv replaced byw due to influence from earlierEnglishNorwayan(“Norwegian”).

(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /nɔːˈwiː.d͡ʒn̩/
(US)IPA^(key): /nɔɹˈwi.d͡ʒn̩/
Audio(US): (file)
Rhymes:-iːd͡ʒən

A native of Norway.
- 2018 January 12, Kara Fox, “Norwegians aren’t likely to move to the US, even if they’re welcome”, inCNN‎^[1]:
  But despite the President’s offer, it’s unlikely that an influx ofNorwegians will begin to settle in the US anytime soon.
- 2023 May 12, George Ramsay, “After a record-breaking season, Erling Haaland is on track to become ‘the best striker ever’”, inCNN‎^[2]:
  At the age of 22, theNorwegian forward had already established himself as one of the best goalscorers in European football – first at Red Bull Salzburg, then with two prolific seasons at Borussia Dortmund.
A kind offishing boat on theGreat Lakes ofNorth America.
(uncountable) Thelanguage ofNorway, which has two official forms (written standards):Bokmål andNynorsk.
- 2013 November 7, Rachael Tatman, “The Science of Speaking in Tongues”, inMaking Noise & Hearing Things‎^[3]:
  People don’t tend to use sounds that aren’t in their native language. (citation) So if you’re an English speaker, you’re not going to bust out someNorwegian vowels. This rather lets the air out of the theory that individuals engaged in glossolalia are actually speaking another language.
- 2019 April 24,Jay Caspian Kang, “HowPete Buttigieg's Meaningless Erudition Made Him the 'Smart' Candidate”, inThe New York Times Magazine‎^[4], New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on3 June 2023:
  [Kirsten] Gillibrand’s Mandarin can be written off as the résumé-building accomplishment of a striver, whileNorwegian, which has no practical value for an American president, is taken as a sign of intellectual curiosity and authenticity — the sort of whimsical surplus achievement that often upstages workaday accomplishments.

native of Norway

language of Norway

Norwegian (comparativemoreNorwegian,superlativemostNorwegian)

Of or pertaining toNorway (the country).
- 1953 June, C. E. N. Watts, “Railway Through Lapland”, inRailway Magazine, page384:
  Between Kiruna and theNorwegian border, along the chain of lovely lakes, a number of holiday resorts offering every comfort for the visitor have been developed.
- 2009 January 18, Charles Isherwood, “Hedda Forever: An Antiheroine for the Ages”, inThe New York Times‎^[5], archived fromthe original on9 June 2012:
  Since she sprang from the imagination of theNorwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in 1890, this coldhearted antiheroine has maintained a tight grip on the attention of audiences across the globe, outstripping all the many other complicated women in Ibsen’s oeuvre, even the door-slamming Nora of “A Doll’s House”.
Of or pertaining to the Norwegian people.
- 1953 June, C. E. N. Watts, “Railway Through Lapland”, inRailway Magazine, page384:
  The line ends at Narvik. Eight years ago the whole town was in ruins, but the industry of theNorwegian people has rebuilt it entirely.
Of or pertaining to the Norwegian language.

of or pertaining to Norway

of or pertaining to Norwegians

of or pertaining to the Norwegian language

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