Etymology

Haugland

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Today it means: A surname from Norwegian. Full definition →

Norwegian Haugland ← Old Norse haugr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromhaugr“hill mound”
  2. Norwegian · borrowed fromHaugland
  3. English todayHaugland

Borrowed from Norwegian Haugland, named after several farmsteads derived from Old Norse haugr (“hill mound”) + land.

Words from the same roots

Old Norsehaugr all →

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