STAVANGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stavanger mean? 

• STAVANGER (noun)
  The noun STAVANGER has 1 sense:

1. a port city in southwestern Norway; center for shipbuilding industry

  Familiarity information: STAVANGER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAVANGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port city in southwestern Norway; center for shipbuilding industry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Stavanger" is a part of...):

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)