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 Skálholtsannáll from 1350, but it’s uncertain whether it referred to the modern archipelago, the more southern island Jan Mayen or a part of Greenland. Cognate with Faroese Svalbarð, Icelandic Svalbarði and Norwegian Svalbard.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɑːlbɑː(ɹ)/, (anglicized) /ˈsvɑːlbɑː(ɹ)d/

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Svalbard

1. A group of islands northeast of Greenland; a territory of Norway.

• Spitsbergen, Spitzbergen (both dated)
• Greenland (obsolete)
• Grumant (dated)

• Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
• Svalbard reindeer
• Svalbardian

• “Svalbard”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• Svalbard, CIA World Fact Book 2004 on Wikisource.Wikisource
• Spitsbergen in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Spitzbergen in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvaːlˌbart/, [ˈsʋaːlˌbaʁt], [-ˌbaɐ̯t], [-ˌbaːt]

Svalbard n (proper noun, genitive Svalbards or (optionally with an article) Svalbard)

1. (especially official use) Svalbard (an archipelago in the far north of Norway)

   Synonym: (remains predominant) Spitzbergen

Borrowed from Old Norse Svalbarð, see the the English entry.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr/

Svalbard

1. Svalbard (a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, to the north of Norway)

Borrowed from Old Norse Svalbarð n or Svalbarðr m, from svalr (“cool”) +‎ barð (“edge, brim”), thus roughly meaning “cold shore”. Cognate with Faroese Svalbarð and Icelandic Svalbarði.

The name was first attested in Skálholtsannáll from 1350, but it’s uncertain whether it referred to the modern archipelago, or the more southern island Jan Mayen.

• IPA^(key): /²svaːlbaːr/, /²svaːɽbaːɽ/

Svalbard n

1. Svalbard (an archipelago in the far north of Norway)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfal.bart/

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• Rhymes: -albart
• Syllabification: Sval‧bard

Svalbard m

1. Svalbard (group of islands in the Arctic)

• Svalbard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Svalbard f

1. Svalbard (an archipelago and territory of Norway in the Arctic Ocean)