Landsmål

Lands·mål

 (länts′môl′)

n.

See New Norwegian.

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[Norwegian : land, country (from Old Norse; see lendh- in Indo-European roots) + mål, speech (from Old Norse māl).]

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Landsmål

(ˈlɑːntsmoːl)

n

(Languages) another name for Nynorsk

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Ny•norsk

(ˈni nɔrsk, -noʊrsk; Norw. ˈnüˌnɔʃk)

n.

a literary form of Norwegian devised in the 19th century, largely on the basis of W Norwegian dialects. Compare Bokmål.

[< Norwegian: literally, new Norwegian]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Landsmal - one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects Landsmaal, New Norwegian, Nynorsk Norwegian - a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway

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