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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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But Klenner's 2022 analysis showed that fully 50 per cent of Norway's domestic flights were between the country's major cities, Oslo, Trondheim, Stavanger, Bergen and Tromsø.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2024

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

Ole Madsen, director at the Archaeological Museum at the University of Stavanger, said that to find “so much gold at the same time is extremely unusual.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

But—there's no wind on all these seas, A long pull for Stavanger!

From Songs from Books by Kipling, Rudyard