Andøya

English

Etymology

From Norwegian Andøya.

Proper noun

Andøya

1. An island in the municipality of Andøy, Vesterålen district, Nordland, Norway, the largest island of the Vesterålen archipelago
2. A spaceport and rocket range in the island of Andøya, Andøy, Vesterålen district, Nordland, Norway
3. An airport in Andenes, Andøya island, Andøy municipality, Vesterålen district, Nordland, Norway
4. An airbase in the island of Andøya, Andøy, Vesterålen district, Nordland, Norway
5. An island and neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway.

Translations

largest island of the Vesterålen archipelago

• Arabic: جزيره آند

  Egyptian Arabic: اندويا

• Asturian: Andøya
• Azerbaijani: Annoya adası sg
• Bulgarian: Андьоя (Andjoja)
• Catalan: Andøya
• Cebuano: Andøy
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安德亞島 / 安德亚岛

• Danish: Andøya
• Dutch: Andøya
• Estonian: Andøya
• Faroese: Andøya
• Finnish: Andøya
• French: Andøya
• Galician: Andøya
• German: Andøya
• Italian: Andøya
• Latvian: Anneja
• Northern Sami: Ánddásoulu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Andøya

  Nynorsk: Andøya

• Persian: جزیره آند
• Polish: Andøya
• Russian: А́ннёйа (Ánnjoja)
• Spanish: Andøya
• Swedish: Andøya
• Thai: อันเนอยา

island and neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Agder, Norway

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Andøya

  Nynorsk: Andøya

See also

• Andenes
• Bleik
• Risøyhamn

 

Further reading

• Andøya on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Andøya, Agder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Norwegian

Etymology

Descended from Old Norse Omd (whence also Andenes, Andfjorden, Andøy) + øya (definite singular of øy) = “the island of Omd”.

Proper noun

Andøya

1. Andøya (an island in Andøy, Vesterålen district, Nordland, Norway, the largest island of the Vesterålen archipelago)
2. Andøya (an island and neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway)
3. Oldham Island (an island in Stanton Group, Antarctica, near Mac. Robertson Land)

Descendants

• → English: Andøya

Further reading

• Andøya on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no
• Andøya on the Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia.Wikipedia ⁿⁿ
• Andøya (Kristiansand) on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no
• Andøya i Antarktis on the Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia.Wikipedia ⁿⁿ