Ålesund

== English == === Alternative forms === Aalesund Alesund === Etymology === Borrowed from Norwegian Ålesund. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔːləsʊn/, /ˈɔːləsʊnd/ === Proper noun === Ålesund A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Aalesund in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === (Bokmål) IPA(key): /²ɔːləsʉn/ === Proper noun === Ålesund Ålesund, a town (with bystatus) and municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. The municipalities of Haram, Sandøy, Skodje and Ørskog are to be merged with Ålesund municipality from 1 January 2020. ==== Derived terms ==== ålesunder == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse *Álasund, from áll (“eel”) or áll (“stripe; channel”, cf. Icelandic áll) +‎ sund (“sound”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Álasund. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ɔːləsʊn(d)/ (Ålesund) IPA(key): [²o̞ːləsʉnd], (older) [²o̞ːləsʏnd] === Proper noun === Ålesund n (definite Ålesundet) a city and municipality of Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway a sound in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway ==== Derived terms ==== ålesunding, ålesundar (“a person from Ålesund”)