Kven

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.
Proper Noun
  1. 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.

Etymology

From Kven kvääni

Related phrases

north finnish

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