Trondheim
/ˈtɹɒndhaɪm/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city and municipality in Trøndelag county (formerly Sør-Trøndelag), Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.
Example
More examples"I was born in Trondheim and there I grew up."
Etymology
From Norwegian Trondheim, from Old Norse Þróndheimr. Doublet of Throndham and Throwendham. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trew(H)- (“to nourish, to grow”), thus referring to the unusual warm-summer climate of this inland fjord. Compare Old English þryþ.