Kven

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian.
noun
  1. A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.

Word forms

Kven Kvens

Etymology

From Kven kvääni

Related words

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