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  Place:Kirkja, Faroe Islands - Genealogy
Kirkja is a village on the island of Fugloy, Faroe Islands.
Kirkja means church and Fugloy means bird-island in Faroese.
Kirkja thereby offers one of the most beautiful panoramas in the Faroes, making it a popular tourist attraction.
www.werelate.org /wiki/Place:Kirkja,_Faroe_Islands   (178 words)

  
  Kirkja - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kirkja is a village on the island of Fugloy, Faroe Islands.
Kirkja means church and Fugloy means bird-island in Faroese.
Faroeislands.dk: Kirkja Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kirkja   (145 words)

  
 Kirkja / Faroe Islands / faroeislands.dk
Kirkja is one of two villages on the island of Fugloy.
‘Kirkja’ means ‘church’ and ‘Fugloy’ means ‘bird-island’ in Faeroese.
The current church in Kirkja is from 1933.
www.faroeislands.dk /pages/KirkjaIndex.htm   (97 words)

  
 Chapter Excerpt: Giants of the Frost by Kim Wilkins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
We approached the assembled buildings of Kirkja Station, which all sat on a concrete slab abutting a dense pine forest on two sides.
It's one of our traditions." I met all eight people at Kirkja that afternoon, and- sleep-deprived, bewildered-forgot their names as soon as they were spoken.
I know them all now, of course, and it was Frida Blegen who made the biggest impression on me. Like me and Gunnar, she was in her twenties (everyone else was well past forty), and she had spiky hair, a swarthy complexion and eel-like lips.
www.twbookmark.com /books/56/0446617288/chapter_excerpt22120.html   (3142 words)

  
 Kirkja Map | Faroe Islands Google Satellite Maps
This place is situated in Faroe Islands, its geographical coordinates are 62° 19' 0" North, 6° 18' 0" West and its original name (with diacritics) is Kirkja.
See Kirkja photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Kirkja in Faroe Islands.
If you would like to recommend this Kirkja map page to a friend, or if you just want to send yourself a reminder, here is the easy way to do it.
www.maplandia.com /faroe-islands/kirkja   (570 words)

  
 Foreign Influence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
With Christianization in the year 1000, many more foreign words (from the international language of the church) were introduced into the language and the Icelandic vocabulary was substantially increased.
Examples of words from this time are: “prestur” (priest), “kirkja” (church), “biskup” (bishop).
A considerable number of personal names were added to the vocabulary (i.e.
www.hi.is /page/foreign_influence   (240 words)

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