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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HAMMERFEST

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAMMERFEST

Hammerfest play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAMMERFEST

noun
adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Hammerfest is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAMMERFEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hammerfest

Hammerfest

Hammerfest is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hammerfest. Some of the main villages in the municipality include Rypefjord, Forsøl, Hønsebybotn, Akkarfjord, and Kårhamn. The municipality encompasses parts of three large islands: Kvaløya, Sørøya, and Seiland. Other small islands such as Lille Kamøya and Kamøya are also located here. Most of the municipality does not have a road connection with the rest of Norway. Only Kvaløya island is connected via the Kvalsund Bridge.

Definition of Hammerfest in the English dictionary

The definition of Hammerfest in the dictionary is a port in N Norway, on the W coast of Kvalöy Island: the northernmost town in Europe, with uninterrupted daylight from May 17 to July 29 and no sun between Nov 21 and Jan 21; fishing and tourist centre. Pop: 9157.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAMMERFEST

Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammerstein II
hammerstone
hammertoe
Hammett

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAMMERFEST

beerfest
bitchfest
confest
disinfest
fest
funfest
gabfest
infest
lovefest
manifest
ship´s manifest
slashfest
slugfest
songfest
talkfest

Synonyms and antonyms of Hammerfest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hammerfest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAMMERFEST

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The translations of Hammerfest from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hammerfest» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

哈默菲斯特
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hammerfest
570 millions of speakers

English

Hammerfest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Hammerfest
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هامرفست
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Хаммерфест
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hammerfest
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাম্মেরফএস্ট
260 millions of speakers

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Hammerfest
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hammerfest
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hammerfest
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハンメルフェスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

함 메르 페스트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kangge
85 millions of speakers
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Hammerfest
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ம்மேர்பெஸ்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॅमरफेस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hammerfest
70 millions of speakers

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Hammerfest
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hammerfest
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Хаммерфест
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hammerfest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Χάμερφεστ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hammerfest
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hammer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hammerfest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hammerfest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAMMERFEST»

The term «Hammerfest» is regularly used and occupies the 60.815 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAMMERFEST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hammerfest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAMMERFEST»

Discover the use of Hammerfest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hammerfest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scandinavian Europe
FFR buses run to/from Kautokeino (Nkr220, 21⁄2 hours, four days per week), Karasjok (Nkr395, 43⁄4 hours, two daily ex- cept Saturday) and Honninsvåg ( Nkr370, four hours, one to two daily). For Hammerfest, FFR's ferry (Nkr230, 11⁄2 hours, ...
‎2009
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Memoirs
Noodt. St. Martin. Smallwood. Hammerfest. Noodt. Hammerfest. Noodt. St. Martin. Smallwood. St. Martin. Smallwood. Hammerfest. Noodt. Hammerfest. Noodt. , St. Martin. Smallwood. Hammerfest. Noodt. Cambridge. Bond. Lovering. St. Martin.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1868
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The Rough Guide to Norway
HAMMERFEST, some 220km northwest of Karasjok and 150km north of Alta, is, as its tourist office takes great pains to point out, the world's northernmost town. It was also, they add, the first town in Europe to have electric street-lighting. Hardly  ...
Phil Lee, 2003
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Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Morris. Cambridge. Bond. Lovering. New York. Morris. St. Martin. Smallwood. Hammerfest. Noodt. St. Martin. Smallwood. Hammenfest. Noodt. Hammerfest. Noodt. St. Martin. Smallwood. St. Martin. Smallwood. Hammerfest. Noodt. Hammerfest.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1868
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Frommer's Scandinavia
But it will be oil, not tourism, fueling the economy of Hammerfest, at least for the next 30 years. In 2006, the pumps started sucking oil from the offshore oil wells, which are estimated to possess 195 billion cubic meters of the black gold.
Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Roger Norum, 2011
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Norway
and decimation of the town during the Nazi retreat in 1944; the hardships that its citizens endured through the following winter; and Hammerfest's post-war reconstruction and regeneration. ENERGIHUSET The Energy House (%78 42 82 00; ...
Miles Roddis, Kari Lundgren, 2008
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Frommer's Norway
2,314km (1,435 miles) N of Bergen; 144km (89 miles) N of Alta; 2,195km (1,361 miles) N of Oslo It's easy to poke fun at Hammerfest as author William Bryson did in Neither Here Nor There. He found Hammerfest an “agreeable enough town in  ...
Darwin Porter, 2010
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Snow Engineering 2000: Recent Advances and Developments
mate. Then the town expanded into regions where winds and snow drift have become a major problem. There is about 6 km of snow fences in Hammerfest and most of them are built as an outer shield for the residential areas in Fuglenesdalen ...
E. Hjorth-Hansen, I. Holand, S. Loset, 2000
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Municipalities of Finnmark: Hammerfest
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books Llc, 2010
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Lapland/2
Named after its superb anchorage (hamran was the name of a group of rocks, now lost to landfill, which boats were once fastened to, hence the place-name element fest), throughout its history, Hammerfest has always been an important ...
James Proctor, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAMMERFEST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hammerfest is used in the context of the following news items.
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Viking Supply extends vessel contract with Eni Norge
Offshore oil field Goliat is located 85km north-west of Hammerfest and is owned by Eni Norge (operator, 65%) and Statoil Petroleum (35%). «Offshore Technology, Jul 15»
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Viewpoint: Securing Skills and Experience: The Route to …
The first stage will see the installation of four 1.5 MW turbines, three of which are to be supplied by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest. It seems then ... «HydroWorld, Jul 15»
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Schottel supplies to MeyGen
Schottel provided the turbine shaft, hub and pitch mechanism including hydraulics and controls to the first Hammerfest HS1000 turbine in 2011. «Maritime Journal, Jul 15»
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Schottel Hydro to supply hub to MeyGen tidal project
... of the turbine shaft, hub and pitch mechanism including hydraulics and controls we provided to the first Hammerfest HS1000 turbine in 2011.". «International Water Power and Dam Construction, Jul 15»
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Schottel Hydro Equipment for Tidal Energy Project
... of the turbine shaft, hub and pitch mechanism including hydraulics and controls we provided to the first Hammerfest HS1000 turbine in 2011.”. «Marine Technology News, Jul 15»
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Second newbuild LNG-fuelled cargo ships heading for Norway
Kvitbjørn currently sails between the Netherlands, Germany and the Oslo fjord and along Norway's coast up to Hammerfest, according to Nor ... «bunkerworld, Jul 15»
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Sturgeon to meet unions over fears for 2k oil jobs
... and tidal power developments, having worked on the Oyster 2 Project for Aquamarine and the subsea tidal turbine for Hammerfest Strom. «The National, Jul 15»
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Island Life in Norway
One example of this continuity is on Melkøya (Milk Island), located in Hammerfest municipality about 280 miles above the Arctic Circle. «Freepress Online, Jul 15»
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Season's First Fin Whales Brought to Shore
The ship is currently coasting along the north-west coast of Norway, near Hammerfest in Finnmark—and happens to be following the same ... «IcelandReview, Jul 15»
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Fishermen rescued from raging sea in Norway after ship sinks (VIDEO)
Both men are reported to be in good health and have been transported to Norway's Hammerfest municipality. Log in to post a comment. Log in. «RT, Jun 15»

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