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Dovre

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See also: dövrə

English

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Proper noun

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Dovre

  1. A municipality in Innlandet, Norway, previously in Oppland.

Anagrams

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²dovrə/, /²dɔvrə/
  • Hyphenation: Dòv‧re

Etymology 1

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Originally a farm name; from Old Norse Dofrar f pl, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ- (deep). Cognate with Icelandic Dofrar.

Proper noun

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Dovre ?

  1. A village and municipality of Oppland, Norway
  2. Ellipsis of Dovrefjell (the mountains of Dovre).
    Samstelte og trugne til Dovre fell
    United and loyal until (the mountains of) Dovre crumble
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse Dofri, related to Dofrar (Dovre).

Proper noun

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Dovre m (definite Dovren)

  1. (Norse mythology) name of a jotun said to have raised Harald Fairhair

Old French

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Proper noun

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Dovre

  1. Dover (a town and port in modern Kent, in southeast England)