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Da⋅no-Nor⋅we⋅gian

[dey-noh-nawr-wee-juhn]
–noun
Bokmål.

Origin:
< LL Dan(i) Danes + -o- + Norwegian

Bok⋅mål

[book-mawl]
–noun
a literary form of Norwegian, derived from the Danish writing of urban Norwegians: one of the two official forms of written Norwegian.
Compare Nynorsk.


Origin:
1935–40; < Norw: book language
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Da·no-Nor·we·gian   (dā'nō-nôr-wē'jən)   
n.  An official literary form of Norwegian based on written Danish. Also called Bokmål, Riksmål.
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