Færøyane
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Færøyjar, Færeyjar. Cognate with Faroese Føroyar, Icelandic Færeyjar, Swedish Färöarna and Danish Færøerne.
Proper noun
[edit]Færøyane f pl (indefinite plural Færøyar)
- the Faroe Islands (an archipelago and autonomous territory of the Atlantic Ocean)
- Synonym: (collective) Færøy
- 1925, Jóannes Patursson, translated by Leiv Heggstad, Frå Færøyane[1], 2nd edition, Oslo: Noregs ungdomslag og studentmållaget, page 9:
- Då er det vakkert på Færøyane
- Then it's beautiful on the Faroe Islands
Derived terms
[edit]Compounds use the stem Færøy, and may also use the plural genitive Færøya- (← Færeyja).
Categories:
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk pluralia tantum
- nn:Faroe Islands
- nn:Islands
- nn:Dependent territories
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with quotations
- nn:Countries