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NOREG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905

Synonyms:

Kingdom of Norway; Noreg; Norge; Norway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

Scandinavian country; Scandinavian nation (any one of the countries occupying Scandinavia)

Meronyms (parts of "Noreg"):

Svalbard (a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean)

Lofoten (a string of islands off the northwestern coast of Norway in the Norwegian Sea)

capital of Norway; Christiania; Oslo (the capital and largest city of Norway; the country's main port; located at the head of a fjord on Norway's southern coast)

Bergen (a port city in southwestern Norway)

Stavanger (a port city in southwestern Norway; center for shipbuilding industry)

Nidaros; Trondheim (a port in central Norway on Trondheim Fjord)

Lindesnes; Naze (a cape at the southern tip of Norway)

Trondheim Fiord; Trondheim Fjord (a long narrow inlet of the Norwegian Sea)

Meronyms (members of "Noreg"):

Norse; Norseman; Norwegian (a native or inhabitant of Norway)

Holonyms ("Noreg" is a member of...):

NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)

Scandinavia (a group of culturally related countries in northern Europe; Finland and Iceland are sometimes considered Scandinavian)

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