Kristiansand

Kristiansand

1. A city and municipality in Agder county, Norway.

• Christianssand, Christiansand

The first part Kristian is named after Christian IV of Denmark, the King of Denmark and Norway and Duke of Holstein and Schleswig from 1588 to 1648, who founded the city on the 5th of July 1641. The name Kristian comes from Latin Chrīstiānus (“Christian”), from Chrīstus (“Christ (Jesus)”), from Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Messiah or Christ”), from χρῑστός (khrīstós, “the anointed one”). The last part sand (“sand”) refers to the sandy headland the city was built on, where the river Otra has its outlet, from Old Norse sandr (“sand, sandy ground, sandbanks”), from Proto-Germanic *samdaz (“sand”), from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos (“sand”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɪstɪansan/

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• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: Kri‧sti‧an‧sand
• Homophones: Christianssand, Christiansand

Kristiansand

1. Kristiansand (a city and municipality of Agder, Norway)
2. Kristiansand (a historical county from 1671 to right before 1700 in Norway)

• kristiansander (“a person from Kristiansand”)
• kristiansandenser (“a person from Kristiansand diocese, or from the city of Kristiansand”)

• “Kristiansand” in Store norske leksikon
• “Kristiansand amt” in Store norske leksikon

Kristiansand

1. A municipality of Vest-Agder, Norway. The sixth-largest city in Norway.

• Kristiansand on the Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia.Wikipedia ⁿⁿ
• Kristiansand kommune on the Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia.Wikipedia ⁿⁿ