Movann is a lake at the northern end of the village of Sørbråten in Maridalen valley in Nordmarka, a forested part of Oslo, Norway. It has a train station on the Gjøvik Line. The population of Sørbråten is 317.[1]

Etymology

The lake is named after the old farm Mo (Norse Mór) in Nittedal. The name of the farm is identical with the word mór m 'moor, heath'. The last element is vann 'water, lake'.[2]

The name Movann is Bokmål, one of the two official written standards of Norwegian. The name and form of the railway station, Movatn, is Nynorsk.

References

  1. ^ Statistics Norway (2008). "Urban settlements. Population and area, by municipality. 1 January 2008".
  2. ^ "Language Log » Lake name". Retrieved 2024-04-27.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movatn
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