Helgeland

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Norwegian Helgeland. === Proper noun === Helgeland A district of Nordland, Norway. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse Hálogaland, from the genitive plural of háleygr (“inhabitant of Hálogaland”) + land. Doublet of Hålogaland. === Pronunciation === (Helgeland) IPA(key): /²hɛlːaɲ/, (newer and literary) /²hælɡəlaɲ/ === Proper noun === Helgeland n a district of Nordland, Norway ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Jørn Sandnes; Ola Stemshaug (1997), Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN “Helgelending” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring