Stavanger

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Sta·vang·er

(stə-väng′ər)

A city of southwest Norway south of Bergen on an inlet of the North Sea.

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Stavanger

(Norwegian staˈvaŋər)

(Placename) a port in SW Norway: canning and shipbuilding industries. Pop: 112 405 (2004 est)

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Sta•vang•er

(stɑˈvɑŋ ər)

n.

a seaport in SW Norway. 96,439.

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Stavanger - a port city in southwestern Norway; center for shipbuilding industry

Kingdom of Norway, Noreg, Norge, Norway - a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905

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