Stavanger

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/stæˈvæŋə/

proper noun

A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.

OriginNorwegian Stavanger ← Old Norse Stafangr →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.

    For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast.

    1956 April, H. A. Vallance, “To Oslo via Stavanger”, in Railway Magazine, page 213

Origin

  1. Old NorseStafangr
  2. NorwegianStavanger
  3. EnglishStavanger

From Norwegian Stavanger, from Old Norse Stafangr (literally “staff bay”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 斯塔万格, 斯塔凡格
  • 斯塔万格city in Norway
  • 斯塔凡格city in Norway
Dutch Stavanger
  • Stavangercity in Norway
French Stavanger
  • Stavangercity in Norway
German Stavanger
  • Stavangercity in Norway
Korean 스타방에르
  • 스타방에르 (seutabang'ereu)city in Norway
Norwegian Bokmål Stavanger
  • Stavangercity in Norway
Russian Става́нгер
  • Става́нгер (Stavánger)city in Norway
Cite this entry
APA

Stavanger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stavanger

MLA

“Stavanger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stavanger. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stavanger,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stavanger.

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