Spitsbergen

English

Alternative forms

Spitzbergen (dated)

Etymology

From Dutch Spitsbergen, from spits (“pointed, pointy”) + bergen (“mountains”).

Proper noun

Spitsbergen

(dated) Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago located to the east of Greenland.
The largest island of this archipelago.

Synonyms

(archipelago): Svalbard
(island): West Spitsbergen (dated)

Translations

island

Chinese:
Mandarin: 斯匹次卑爾根島, 斯匹次卑尔根岛 (Sīpǐcìbēi'ěrgēn-dǎo)
Danish: Spitsbergen, Vestspitsbergen
French: Spitzberg (fr) m, Spitsberg m
German: Spitzbergen (de) n; West-Spitzbergen n

Japanese: スピッツベルゲン島 (Spittsuberugen-tō)
Norwegian: Spitsbergen
Portuguese: Spitzbergen f, Spitsbergen f
Russian: Шпицбе́рген (ru) m (Špicbérgen)

Dutch

Spitsbergen (1)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Spitsbergen ?

Svalbard (the archipelago)
Spitsbergen (the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Spitsbergen f

Alternative spelling of Spitzbergen

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