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, although there is uncertainty as to what the name originally referred to. Cognate with Faroese Svalbarð and Icelandic Svalbarði. The name was first attested in annales referring to year 1194 and using either nominative form Svalbarði, either genitive Svalbarðs, although the original form may be reconstructed as Svalbarð. [1]

Also known from early sources as Svalbarðr or in dative form Svalbarða.

The original meaning of the Old Norse word is uncertain, but, according to Nansen and Alexander Bugge, may be the same as the modern Svalbard archipelago. [2]

• 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.

• 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, from svalr (“cool”) +‎ barð (“edge, brim”), thus roughly meaning “cold shore”. Cognate with Faroese Svalbarð and Icelandic Svalbarði. The name was first attested in annales referring to year 1194 and using either nominative form Svalbarði, either genitive Svalbarðs, although the original form may be reconstructed as Svalbarð. [1]

Also known from early sources as Svalbarðr or in dative form Svalbarða.

The original meaning of the Old Norse word is uncertain, but, according to Nansen and Alexander Bugge, may be the same as the modern Svalbard archipelago. [2]

• 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 Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Svalbard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Svalbard f

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