Haugesund

== English == === Proper noun === Haugesund A town and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === haug +‎ -e- +‎ sund, with the meaning "the strait by the farm 'Haugar'", first part is the plural of haug (“heap, pile”) from Old Norse haugr (“howe, cairn”), from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“height, hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“hill, elevation”). Last part from Old Norse sund (“swimming; narrow waters (which you can swim across)”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“swimming, sound, strait”), from earlier *swumdan, from Proto-Indo-European *swm̥tóm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhæʉɡəsʉn/ Rhymes: -ʉn Hyphenation: Hau‧ge‧sund === Proper noun === Haugesund a city and municipality of Rogaland, Norway ==== Derived terms ==== haugesunder (“a person from Haugesund”) araber (“a humorous term for someone from Haugesund”) === References === “Haugesund” in Store norske leksikon === Anagrams === snauhugde == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Proper noun === Haugesund a town with bystatus and municipality of Rogaland, Norway