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Hamar

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of Xamar (“Mogadishu”). alt-of, alternative
Noun
  1. 1
    A community of mostly pastoralist people inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia. plural, plural-only

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian Hamar, from Old Norse Hamarr, identical to hamarr (“rocky hill”).

Etymology 2

* As a Hungarian surname, a nickname from hamar (“fast”). * As a Norwegian, surname, a habitational surname from hamar (“hammer; stone, cliff, crag”). * As an English surname, variant of Hamer.

Etymology 3

From Hamer-Banna hámar.

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