Stavanger

[ stah-vahng-er ]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Norway.

Stavanger

/ staˈvaŋər /

noun

1. a port in SW Norway: canning and shipbuilding industries. Pop: 112 405 (2004 est)

Example Sentences

She grew up in Stavanger, Norway's third-largest city, and met her husband when he was stationed there for military training.

From The Daily Beast

It is in the northern sea, near the inhospitable Gulf of Stavanger, and in the 59th degree of latitude.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1821 the Stavanger Quakers began to form plans for emigrating to America.

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In the spring of 1836 the second party of emigrants from Stavanger County came to America.

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We have spoken of the two ships that came from Stavanger in 1836.

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They went on skis from Rollaug to Tin, over the mountains and through the forests to Stavanger.

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