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Telemark

See also: telemark and télémark

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Norwegian Telemarkbor.
English Telemark

    Borrowed from Norwegian Telemark.

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    Telemark (uncountable)

    1. A county of Norway.

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    Norwegian Bokmål

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    From Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

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    • Hyphenation: Te‧le‧mark

    Proper noun

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    Telemark

    1. a county of Eastern Norway
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    Descendants

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    • English: telemark

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    tele (“someone from Telemark”) +‎ mark (“land; march”); from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from genitive plural of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) +‎ mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

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    Telemark f

    1. a county of Eastern Norway
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