Orkland

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Norwegian Orkland. === Proper noun === Orkland A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway created January 1. 2020 A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway which existed until 1963 in the middle part of modern Orkland municipality == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === First attested in 1920 as a newly coined name based on the river name Orkla, with land (“land, territory”) as the second element. The first element ultimately reflects the reconstructed Old Norse river name *Ork, of uncertain origin; it has traditionally been connected with orka (“to work, labour”), perhaps in reference to the river's strong current. The present municipality, established in 2020, reused the historical name. Compare Orkanger and Orkdal, formed from the same river-name element. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔrkˌlan/ (local) IPA(key): [ˈɔrkˌlaɲː] Rhymes: -an Hyphenation: Ork‧land === Proper noun === Orkland A municipality in Trøndelag, Norway, established on 1 January 2020 through the merger of Agdenes, Meldal, Orkdal, and part of Snillfjord; administrative centre: Orkanger. A parish in the municipality of the same name in Trøndelag, Norway. (historical) A former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag, Norway, existing from 1920 to 1963; administrative centre: Svorkmo. ==== Derived terms ==== orklending (“person from Orkland”) === References === Jørn Sandnes; Ola Stemshaug (1997), Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN “Orkland” in Store norske leksikon. “Orkland – tidligere kommune” in Store norske leksikon. “Orkland kommune”, Sentralt stadnamnregister, Kartverket. “Orkland” in NRK's place-name pronunciation archive. “Orkland menighet”, Church of Norway.