Meanings
proper noun
- A village in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway, first settled in the fourth or fifth century.
Origin
- Old NorseGeirangr
- Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian NynorskGeiranger
- EnglishGeiranger
From Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk Geiranger, from Old Norse Geirangr, from geirr (“spear”) + angr (“inlet”), named for the neighbouring Geirangerfjord.
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Chinese Mandarin 蓋朗厄爾 /盖朗厄尔
- 蓋朗厄爾 /盖朗厄尔 (Gàilǎngèěr)village in Stranda, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway
Hebrew גייראנגר
- גייראנגרvillage in Stranda, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway
Icelandic Geirangur
- Geirangurvillage in Stranda, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway
Norwegian Bokmål Geiranger
- Geirangervillage in Stranda, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway
Russian Гейра́нгер
- Гейра́нгер (Gejránger)village in Stranda, Sunnmøre, Møre og Romsdal, Vestlandet, Norway
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Cite this entry
APA
Geiranger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geiranger
MLA
“Geiranger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geiranger. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Geiranger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geiranger.
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