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NORWEGIAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Norwegian" is a kind of...):

Nordic; Norse; North Germanic; North Germanic language; Scandinavian; Scandinavian language (the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Norwegian"):

Bokmaal; Bokmal; Dano-Norwegian (book language; one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish)

Landsmaal; Landsmal; New Norwegian; Nynorsk (one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects)

Derivation:

Norwegian (of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Norway

Synonyms:

Norse; Norseman; Norwegian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Norwegian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

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

Kingdom of Norway; Noreg; Norge; Norway (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905)

Derivation:

Norwegian (of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or language

Example:

Norwegian herring

Synonyms:

Norse; Norwegian

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Norway (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905)

Derivation:

Norway (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905)

Norwegian (a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway)

Norwegian (a native or inhabitant of Norway)

Credits

 Context examples: 

In decades prior, major British expeditions had attempted to be the first to reach the North and South Poles only to come in second place behind the Americans (Robert Peary's expedition to the North Pole) and the Norwegians (Roald Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole).

(Everest, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and the Institute of Marine Research in Norway used a unique combination of experiments to track larvae movements, using a magnetoreception test facility, or MagLab, and a Norwegian fjord, a natural environment of Atlantic haddock larvae.

(North Atlantic haddock use magnetic compass to guide them, National Science Foundation)

The Norwegian Elkhound is a hardy, medium-sized Spitz-type dog, sturdy and squarely built with great stamina.

(Norwegian Elkhound, NCI Thesaurus)

The crew had thought she would founder and had made for the Norwegian coast in the dinghy.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)