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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

At the Norwegian Petroleum Museum near Stavanger harbour, Else Tungland drops 12 small wooden bricks onto a table.

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

He brought messages from Nikolina's grandmother in Stavanger, and from the Bishop, who was ready to see that all the children who had no relatives should be taken care of in Bergen.

From Days of the Discoverers by Choate, Florence

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