English Explanatory Dictionary

Børselv

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Norway.

Word forms

Børselv

Etymology

From Norwegian Børselv, from the informal noun børse (“long gun, rifle”) (see Swedish bössa) + elv (“river”), a calque of the Finnish/Kven name, Pyssyjoki, from pyssy + joki. In Northern Sami the name is Bissojohka.

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