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BOKMAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bokmal mean?
• BOKMAL (noun)
The noun BOKMAL has 1 sense:
1. book language; one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish
Familiarity information: BOKMAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Book language; one of two official languages of Norway; closely related to Danish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Bokmaal; Bokmal; Dano-Norwegian
Hypernyms ("Bokmal" is a kind of...):
Norwegian (a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Bokmal"):
Riksmaal; Riksmal (in 1929 this dialect of Norwegian was officially renamed Bokmal)
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