Nedra_Kyte

Kyte, Norway

Kyte, Norway

Hamlet in Western Norway, Norway

Kyte is a hamlet and basic statistical unit (grunnkrets) in the municipality of Voss in Vestland county, Norway.[2]

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Kyte includes Nedra Kyte[3] (literally, 'lower Kyte'; elevation 270 meters or 890 feet)[1] to the southwest and Øvre Kyte[4] (literally, 'upper Kyte'; elevation 307 meters or 1,007 feet)[1] to the northeast.[5][6] The settlement is accessible via Norwegian County Road 308, also known as Kytesvegen 'Kyte Road'.[7]

The settlement was attested as Kytuin in 1303 (and as Kytin in 1417 and Kythen in 1468, among other names).[5] The name is originally a compound of *Kýt-(v)in; the first element may mean 'hump, rise' and the second element, vin, is a common Old Norse place-name element meaning 'meadow, pasture'.[5]

References

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    "Høydedata". Kartverket. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Folkemengde grunnkretser - 12 Hordaland". Statistisk sentralbyrå. Archived from the original on May 1, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
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    "Nedra Kyte, Voss (Hordaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
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    "Øvre Kyte, Voss (Hordaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
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    Rygh, Oluf (1910). Norske Gaardnavne. Oplysninger samlade til brug ved Matrikelens Revision. 11. Søndre Bergenhus amt. Kristiania: Fabritius. p. 541. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
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    Helland, Amund Theodor (1921). Norges land og folk: Søndre Bergenhus amt. Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 959.
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    "Norgeskart". Retrieved June 13, 2018.
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