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Meaning of Ólavsøka | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

a festival taking place annually on the 28th and 29th of July in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands

Equivalents

Dansk Olaj

Examples

“... as when the Løgting's sitting at Ólavsøka is paired with inchoate revelry and promenading up and down the streets of Tórshavn.”
“In addition to the final hours of Ólavsøka, ...”
“He also had a good voice and sang ballads, so strongly that the milkmaids one morning at Ólavsøka heard him all over the fiord from Havn.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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