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.interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Aalesund#English" title="Aalesund">Aalesund</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Alesund#English" title="Alesund">Alesund</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Norwegian language">Norwegian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="no"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Norwegian">Ålesund</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈɔːləsʊn/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈɔːləsʊnd/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Ålesund</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en">A <a href="/wiki/town#English" title="town">town</a> (with <a href="/wiki/bystatus#English" title="bystatus">bystatus</a>) and <a href="/wiki/municipality#English" title="municipality">municipality</a> in <a href="/wiki/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal#English" title="Møre og Romsdal">Møre og Romsdal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway#English" title="Norway">Norway</a>.</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-Norwegian_municipality_in_Møre_og_Romsdal"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Norwegian municipality in Møre og Romsdal"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="أوليسوند (page does not exist)">أوليسوند</a></span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D5%95%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Օլեսուն (page does not exist)">Օլեսուն</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">Ōlesun</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bishnupriya Manipuri: <span class="Beng" lang="bpy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="অলেসুন্ড (page does not exist)">অলেসুন্ড</a></span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Олесун (page does not exist)">О́лесун</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">Ólesun</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E5%A5%A7%E5%8B%92%E6%9D%BE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="奧勒松 (page does not exist)">奧勒松</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">／</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E5%A5%A5%E5%8B%92%E6%9D%BE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="奥勒松 (page does not exist)">奥勒松</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Àolēisōng</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Danish">Ålesund</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dutch">Ålesund</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund" class="extiw" title="nl:Ålesund">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Finnish">Ålesund</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund" class="extiw" title="fi:Ålesund">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/Aalesund#Finnish" title="Aalesund">Aalesund</a></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%CE%86%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Άαλεσουντ (page does not exist)">Άαλεσουντ</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">Áalesount</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/%C3%81lasund#Icelandic" title="Álasund">Álasund</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="オーレスン (page does not exist)">オーレスン</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">Ōresun</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EC%98%AC%EB%A0%88%EC%88%9C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="올레순 (page does not exist)">올레순</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">ollesun</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Lithuanian: <span class="Latn" lang="lt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Olesiundas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Olesiundas (page does not exist)">Olesiundas</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Олесунд (page does not exist)">О́лесунд</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">Ólesund</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Norwegian_Bokmål">Ålesund</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund" class="extiw" title="no:Ålesund">(no)</a></span></dd> <dd>Nynorsk: <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Norwegian_Nynorsk">Ålesund</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="السوند (page does not exist)">السوند</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Polish">Ålesund</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Aalesund#Portuguese" title="Aalesund">Aalesund</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/Alesund#Portuguese" title="Alesund">Alesund</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Олесунн (page does not exist)">О́лесунн</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">Ólesunn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Swedish">Ålesund</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Олесунн (page does not exist)">О́лесунн</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">Ólesunn</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/15px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/23px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/30px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></a></span> <b><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Aalesund" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Aalesund">Aalesund</a></b> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" class="extiw" title="w:Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition"><i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i> (11th edition, 1911)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Bokmål"><span id="Norwegian_Bokm.C3.A5l"></span>Norwegian Bokmål</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Norwegian Bokmål"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Norwegian Bokmål <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nb:%C3%85lesund" class="extiw" title="w:nb:Ålesund">Ålesund</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nb:%C3%85lesund" class="extiw" title="w:nb:Ålesund">Wikipedia <sup>nb</sup></a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png/14px-Wikipedia-logo.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png/21px-Wikipedia-logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png/28px-Wikipedia-logo.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption> </figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 15px;">  <b class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nb:%C3%85lesund_(by)" class="extiw" title="w:nb:Ålesund (by)">Ålesund (by)</a></b> on Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia</div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokm%C3%A5l" class="extiw" title="w:Bokmål">Bokmål</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Norwegian Bokmål phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/²ɔːləsʉn/</span> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="Alesund.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Alesund.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fe/Alesund.ogg/Alesund.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Alesund.ogg" title="File:Alesund.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun_2">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nb">Ålesund</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">Ålesund</a></span>, a <a href="/wiki/town" title="town">town</a> (with <a href="/wiki/bystatus" title="bystatus">bystatus</a>) and <a href="/wiki/municipality" title="municipality">municipality</a> in <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="Møre og Romsdal">Møre og Romsdal</a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>. The municipalities of <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/Haram#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="Haram">Haram</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/Sand%C3%B8y#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="Sandøy">Sandøy</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/Skodje#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="Skodje">Skodje</a></span> and <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/%C3%98rskog#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="Ørskog">Ørskog</a></span> are to be merged with Ålesund municipality from 1 January 2020.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%A5lesunder&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ålesunder (page does not exist)">ålesunder</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Nynorsk">Norwegian Nynorsk</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Norwegian Nynorsk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Norwegian Nynorsk <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nn:%C3%85lesund" class="extiw" title="w:nn:Ålesund">Ålesund</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nn:%C3%85lesund" class="extiw" title="w:nn:Ålesund">Wikipedia <sup>nn</sup></a></span></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikipedia-logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png/14px-Wikipedia-logo.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png/21px-Wikipedia-logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Wikipedia-logo.png/28px-Wikipedia-logo.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption> </figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 15px;">  <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nn:%C3%85lesund_kommune" class="extiw" title="w:nn:Ålesund kommune">Ålesund kommune</a></b> on Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia</div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81571951"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Old_Norse/%C3%81lasund&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Old Norse/Álasund (page does not exist)">*Álasund</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A1ll#Old_Norse" title="áll">áll</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">eel</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> or <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A1ll#Old_Norse" title="áll">áll</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">stripe; channel</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span>, <span class="ann-pos">cf. <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Icelandic language">Icelandic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A1ll#Icelandic:_channel" title="áll">áll</a></i></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/sund#Old_Norse" title="sund">sund</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">sound</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Cognate with <span class="etyl"><a href="/wiki/%C3%81lasund#Faroese" title="Álasund">Faroese</a></span> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Icelandic language">Icelandic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/%C3%81lasund#Icelandic" title="Álasund">Álasund</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Norwegian_Nynorsk_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Norwegian Nynorsk pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/²ɔːləsʊn(d)/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent">Ålesund</span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Norwegian_Nynorsk_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Norwegian Nynorsk pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[²o̞ːləsʉnd]</span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">older</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">[²o̞ːləsʏnd]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun_3">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nn">Ålesund</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>definite</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesundet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ålesundet (page does not exist)">Ålesundet</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A city and <a href="/wiki/municipality" title="municipality">municipality</a> of <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Sunnm%C3%B8re#English" title="Sunnmøre">Sunnmøre</a></span> district, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal#English" title="Møre og Romsdal">Møre og Romsdal</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Norway#English" title="Norway">Norway</a></span></li> <li>A sound in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">Ålesund</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal#English" title="Møre og Romsdal">Møre og Romsdal</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Norway#English" title="Norway">Norway</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%85lesund&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%A5lesunding&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ålesunding (page does not exist)">ålesunding</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%A5lesundar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ålesundar (page does not exist)">ålesundar</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">a person from Ålesund</span><span 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