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Many of the Norwegian immigrant fishermen who came to fish in the great Columbia River salmon fishery during the second half of the 19th century did so because they had experience in the gillnet fishery for cod in the waters surrounding the Lofoten Islands of northern Norway.
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** Many languages, such as Bulgarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Frisian, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Dutch and most Occitan variants, use trilled rhotics.
Many Norwegian chieftains who were wealthy and respected posed a threat to Harald ; therefore, they were subjected to much harassment from Harald, prompting them to vacate the land.
Many of Clatskanie's inhabitants are of Scandinavian heritage, specifically Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian.
Many Norwegian immigrants settled in the town from 1865 through the early 1900s.
Many languages make a verb form out of the noun, such as " to ski " in English, " skier " in French, " esquiar " in Spanish, " sciare " in Italian, or " schilaufen " ( as above also Ski laufen or Ski fahren ) in German which is not possible in Norwegian.
Many other cultures have developed a pizzelle-type cookie as part of their culture ( for example, the Norwegian Krumkake ).
Many people believe that the ancestors of the Norwegian Forest Cat served as mousers on Viking ships.
Many Norwegian emigrants went to America during the 1840s and later settled in the area of the present city of Westby, Wisconsin ( named after general store owner and American Civil War Union soldier Ole T. Westby ); a city which still has a mostly Norwegian American population.
Many of the crew of 6 officers and 57 men were selected for the ability to speak Norwegian, including Luckner, in case they were intercepted by the British.
Many of the concerts were great personal and artistic successes for the Norwegian composer, and especially so the 1947 concert in Paris.
Many Norwegian Army members also served with the German forces.
Many of the Marquesan items in the collection were acquired by the museum from famed Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
Many consider him one of the most important rulers in Norwegian history.
Many people wear bunad ( traditional costumes ) and most participate in or watch the Norwegian Constitution Day
Many staff and all students offer a range of activities to youngsters from many Norwegian schools during one week courses in spring, summer and autumn.
Many of the German soldiers from the wreck were rescued by Norwegian fishing boats and the destroyer Odin.
Many of Gåte's songs are rearranged versions of traditional Norwegian folk tunes, such as " Sjå Attende " ( the title translates to " Look Back "), and " Knut Liten og Sylvelin " (" Little-Knut and Sylvelin ").
Many Norwegians-especially in northern and western Norway-also have problems understanding Danish, but according to a recent scientific investigation Norwegians are better at understanding both Danish and Swedish than Danes and Swedes are at understanding Norwegian.
Many of his reports were smuggled out of Germany by couriers working for the Norwegian intelligence organisation XU.
Many famous ships have been restored there, including the Norwegian Royal Yacht HNoMY Norge.
Many of these allied raids were achieved with the help of exiled Norwegian forces.
Many children were raised without learning to speak Norwegian.
Many of the famous Norwegian acts have therefore visited the festival more than once.
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Many Indian immigrants who had completed their indentureship also established cocoa estates, most notable of them being ANDRU Gokool Meah, a Kashmiri-born immigrant who went on to the become one of the wealthiest men in Trinidad and Tobago.
Many Guaraní do not speak Spanish and the European immigrant population does not speak Guaraní.
Many of these seasonal cabins still have their original log siding and limestone fireplaces built by immigrant masons.
Many immigrant families move to this high-poverty area because land is relatively inexpensive, their extended families have established roots there, and educational opportunities and health care are better than what ’ s available in their hometowns.
Many Roslyn residents today are descendants of these immigrant miners.
Many of the town's houses were built to house railroad workers, many immigrant laborers working in the local yard.
Many maintained until the early 20th century their immigrant languages.
Many Freethinkers settled in German immigrant strongholds, including St. Louis, Indianapolis, Wisconsin, and Texas, where they founded the town of Comfort, Texas, as well as others.
Many immigrants have taken advantage of the abundance of opportunities in the US, although some immigrant groups continue to face major challenges.
Many coffee houses in the Middle East, and in West Asian immigrant districts in the Western world, offer shisha ( nargile in Turkish and Greek ), flavored tobacco smoked through a hookah.
Many of its immigrant members throughout the country were Jewish artists, writers and intellectuals, who had gone to France for the cultural circles in Paris.
Many of the methods and theories that are used to assess immigrant assimilation today are derived from earlier immigrant studies.
Many faiths have flourished in the United States, including those spanning the country's multicultural immigrant heritage, as well as those founded within the country: these have led the United States to become one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world.
Many early immigrant groups traveled to America to worship freely, particularly after the English Civil War and religious conflict in France and Germany.
Many immigrant families which travelled to southern Espírito Santo stablished in the region.
Many immigrant soldiers formed their own regiments, such as the Irish Brigade.
Many different immigrant groups came to Texas over the centuries.
Many Kangal Dogs are being bred in Germany as well, mostly by immigrant workers.
Many men of the regiment were of recent immigrant status and he sometimes enraged the enlisted men of the company by replacing their officers with men of different national backgrounds ( and sometimes speaking different languages ).
Many times, Siculish was used to Sicilianize the names of American places among immigrant communities, such as Bensonhurst, New York becoming nicknamed " Bensinosti ".
Many words from Rinkeby Swedish have now been incorporated into all kinds of other Swedish youth slang and are used by many young people without immigrant heritage as a marker of group solidarity and identity.
Many of his students, who are all from a community of poor and immigrant families, start class very early, leave late, and typically achieve high scores in standardized tests.
Many non-Protestant European immigrant groups, particularly American Jews, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, as well as other immigrants from elsewhere, suffered xenophobic exclusion and other forms of discrimination in American society.
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