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nes

Pronunciation: /neːs/

“nes” is a Norwegian Bokmål word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a headland (coastal land that juts into the sea)

Etymology

From Danish næs, from Old Norse nes (“headland”), from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“foothill; headland, cape”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”). Cognate with Faroese nes, Icelandic nes, Danish næs and possibly Norman nez.

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