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Svalbard

/ˈsvælbɑː/US/ˈsvɑlbɑɹ/

Svalbard proper noun: an archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean.

svalbard: an archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic...
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Proper noun

Svalbard

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    Spitsbergen, Spitzbergen, Greenland, Grumant

Svalbard meaning in Arabic

Svalbard in Arabic

islands north east of Greenland
سْفَالْبَارْد sfalbard

Synonyms of Svalbard

Origin of Svalbard

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.

Words formed from Svalbard

Questions about Svalbard

What does Svalbard mean?
Svalbard means an archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean.
What is Svalbard in Arabic?
Svalbard in Arabic is سْفَالْبَارْد (sfalbard). See Svalbard meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Svalbard?
Svalbard is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Svalbard?
Svalbard is pronounced /ˈsvɑlbɑɹ/ (US).

Words near Svalbard in the dictionary

  1. Suárezianism
  2. Suðuroy
  3. SV
  4. svabite
  5. Svahn
  6. Svalbard
  7. Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
  8. Svalbard reindeer
  9. Svalbardian
  10. Svaliava
  11. Svan

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