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Stavanger

American  
[stah-vahng-er] / stɑˈvɑŋ ər /

noun

  1. a seaport in SW Norway.


Stavanger British  
/ staˈvaŋər /

noun

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

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Lufthansa also temporarily canceled routes from Frankfurt to Poland’s Bydgoszcz and Rzeszow, as well as Stavanger in Norway, and said 10 other connections are being consolidated within the group via other airports.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

The near constant hum of helicopters heading out to the rigs from the nearby Stavanger Airport can be heard in the background.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2024

The gap between hearing the word and seeing the object is key, said Lilla Magyari, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Stavanger in Norway, who worked on the study.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 22, 2024

The study is a collaboration between researchers from Karolinska Institutet and the University Hospital of Stavanger, Norway, and the University of Turku, Finland.

From Science Daily Nov. 30, 2023

But come a storm out of Stavanger, come a whistling under the eaves and a thumping of wind on the window pane and Tobias was off again.

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben

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