Telemark

Borrowed from Norwegian Telemark.

Telemark (uncountable)

1. A county of Norway

From Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

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• Hyphenation: Te‧le‧mark

Telemark

1. A county of Eastern Norway.

• telemarking
• Vestfold og Telemark (county, which existed from 2020 to 2024)

• English: telemark

• Telamork, Telamark (unofficial)

tele (“someone from Telemark”) +‎ mark (“land; march”); from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from genitive plural of þelir (name of an old Germanic tribe) +‎ mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

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• Hyphenation: Te‧le‧mark

Telemark f

1. A county of Eastern Norway

• telemarking
• Vestfold og Telemark (county, which existed from 2020 to 2024)

• English: telemark