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Nidaros

British  
/ ˈniːdaroːs /

noun

  1. the former name (1930–31) of Trondheim

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But in Trondheim Norwegians by the thousand gathered outside Nidaros Cathedral.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Iowa-born Dean of Trondheim's Nidaros Cathedral was too jovial, too easygoing.

From Time Magazine Archive

To many a Trondhjemmer's ear the sound of "Nidaros" is ugly, coarse, repugnant.

From Time Magazine Archive

This he decided to fix at Nidrosia, or Nidaros, the capital of the province, over which Sigurd in those days ruled, and corresponding to the city and district of Drontheim now.

From Pope Adrian IV An Historical Sketch by Raby, Richard

King Magnus, after he was deprived of sight, went north to Nidaros, where he went into the cloister on the holm, and assumed the monk's dress.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson