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From Middle English Norwey, Norweye, Northwey, Norweȝe, Norewæiȝ, Norwæge, from Old English Norþweġ, a calque of Old Norse Norðvegr (“north way”), from norðr (“north”) + vegr (“way”), contrasted with suðrvegr (“south way”), i.e. Germany, and austrvegr (“east way”), the Baltic lands. Norwegian (1607) is from Medieval Latin Norvegia, with the -w- from Norway. Equivalent to North + way.

Norway

  2. A country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe. Official name: Kingdom of Norway.
  3. The former name of a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, now Upper Beaches.
  4. A settlement in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  5. An unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois.
  6. A census-designated place in White County, Indiana.
  7. A small city in Benton County, Iowa.
  8. A rural unincorporated community in Republic County, Kansas.
  9. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
  10. A small city in Dickinson County, Michigan.
  11. An unincorporated community in Thomas County, Nebraska.
  12. A small town in Herkimer County, New York.
  13. A small town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
  14. A town in Racine County, Wisconsin.

Scandinavian country

Norway (plural Norways)

  1. Short for Norway rat.