Dovre

English

Proper noun

Dovre

1. A municipality in Innlandet, Norway, previously in Oppland.

Anagrams

• Devor, Dover, Voder, drove, roved, vedro, vored

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dovrə/, /²dɔvrə/
• Hyphenation: Dòv‧re

Etymology 1

Originally a farm name; from Old Norse Dofrar f pl, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognate with Icelandic Dofrar.

Proper noun

Dovre ?

1. A village and municipality of Oppland, Norway
2. Ellipsis of Dovrefjell (“the mountains of Dovre”).

   Samstelte og trugne til Dovre fell

   United and loyal until (the mountains of) Dovre crumble

Derived terms

• Dovrefjell (“Dovre Mountains”)
• (demonym): døvre, dovring

Etymology 2

From Old Norse Dofri, related to Dofrar (“Dovre”).

Proper noun

Dovre m (definite Dovren)

1. (Norse mythology) name of a jotun said to have raised Harald Fairhair

Old French

Proper noun

Dovre

1. Dover (a town and port in modern Kent, in southeast England)