Svalbard en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsvælbɑːd/ (Received-Pronunciation) anglicized
- /ˈsvælbɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsvɑlbɑɹ/ (General-American)
- sväl′bärd
- /ˈsvɑlbɑɹd/ (General-American) anglicized
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Norse Svalbarð n probably through Norwegian. From svalr (“cool”) + barð (“edge, brim”), thus roughly meaning “cold shore”, probably alluding to the treeless landscape mostly covered with grass. The name was first attested in annales referring to year 1194, but it’s uncertain whether it referred to the modern archipelago. Cognate with Faroese Svalbarð, Icelandic Svalbarði and Norwegian Svalbard.
Meanings
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An archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean.
Together with Vitterso, she devised a ‘winter mindset questionnaire’ to assess people’s attitudes to winter in Tromso, the Svalbard archipelago and the Oslo area.
2017 March 13, Linda Geddes, “The dark town that built a giant mirror to deflect the Sun”, in BBC, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2021:
Deriveds
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands · Svalbardian · Svalbard reindeer
Synonyms
Spitzbergen · Spitsbergen · Greenland · Grumant
Translations (37)
nn Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · eo Svalbardo (islands north east of Greenland) · es Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · ja スヴァールバル諸島 (islands north east of Greenland) · nb Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · is Svalbarði (islands north east of Greenland) · cs Špicberky (islands north east of Greenland) · el Σβάλμπαρντ (islands north east of Greenland) · ru Сва́льбард (islands north east of Greenland) · pt Esvalbarda (islands north east of Greenland) · tr Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · it Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · la Svalbardum (islands north east of Greenland) · ru Шпицбе́рген (islands north east of Greenland) · be Шпіцбе́рген (islands north east of Greenland) · pl Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · da Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · fo Svalbarð (islands north east of Greenland) · fr Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · ro Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · bg Шпицбе́рген (islands north east of Greenland) · cmn 斯瓦爾巴 /斯瓦尔巴 (islands north east of Greenland) · fi Huippuvuoret (islands north east of Greenland) · hy Սվալբարդ (islands north east of Greenland) · ka სვალბარდი (islands north east of Greenland) · be Шпіцбэ́рген (islands north east of Greenland) · ka შპიცბერგენი (islands north east of Greenland) · el Σφάλμπαρ (islands north east of Greenland) · ar سْفَالْبَارْد (islands north east of Greenland) · ja スバールバル (islands north east of Greenland) · ko 스발바르 (islands north east of Greenland) · sv Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · nl Spitsbergen (islands north east of Greenland) · bg Сва́лбард (islands north east of Greenland) · de Svalbard (islands north east of Greenland) · de Spitzbergen (islands north east of Greenland) · sk Špicbergy (islands north east of Greenland)