Svalbard

Svalbard

English

Wikivoyage

Etymology

The name was first attested in 1194 as Old Norse Svalbarð, from svalr (“cold”) + barð (“edge, ridge, turf, beard”), 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.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England)

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Proper noun

Svalbard

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
• Svalbard reindeer
• Svalbardian

Translations

islands north east of Greenland

Arabic: سْفَالْبَارْد‎ m (sfalbard) Belarusian: Шпіцбе́рген m (Špicbjérhjen), Шпіцбэ́рген m (Špicbérhjen) (taraškievica) Chinese: Mandarin: 斯瓦爾巴／斯瓦尔巴 (Sīwǎ'ěrbā) Czech: Špicberky (cs) pl Danish: Svalbard Dutch: Spitsbergen (nl) n Esperanto: Svalbardo Faroese: Svalbarð n Finnish: Huippuvuoret (fi) pl, Svalbard (fi) French: Svalbard (fr) m Georgian: შპიცბერგენი (šṗicbergeni), სვალბარდი (svalbardi) German: Spitzbergen (de) n (remains predominant); Svalbard (de) n (chiefly official) Greek: Σφάλμπαρ m (Sfálmpar), Σβάλμπαρντ m (Sválmparnt) Icelandic: Svalbarði m Italian: Svalbard Japanese: スバールバル (Subārubaru), スヴァールバル諸島 (Suvārubaru shotō) Korean: 스발바르 (Seubalbareu) Latin: Svalbardum Norwegian: Bokmål: Svalbard Nynorsk: Svalbard Polish: Svalbard (pl) m inan Portuguese: Svalbard f Romanian: Svalbard n Russian: Сва́льбард m (Sválʹbard), Шпицбе́рген (ru) m (Špicbérgen) Slovak: Špicbergy m pl Spanish: Svalbard m Swedish: Svalbard (sv) Turkish: Svalbard (tr)

References

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

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German

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse Svalbarði, see the the English entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr/

Proper noun

Svalbard

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Svalbard n

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

Derived terms

• svalbardgås (“pink-footed goose”)
• svalbarding (“someone from Svalbard”)
• svalbardkol
• svalbardlaks (“arctic char”, literally “Svalbard salmon”)
• svalbardlomvi (“thick-billed murre”)
• Svalbardlova (“the Svalbard Act”)
• svalbardløn
• svalbardrein (“Svalbard reindeer”)
• svalbardrådet
• svalbardteiste, svalbardteist (“Cepphus grylle mandtii”)
• Svalbardtraktaten (“the Svalbard Treaty”)
• svalbardull, svalbardmyrull (“Eriophorum sorensenii”)
• svalbardvalmue (“Papaver dahlianum”)

 

Related terms

• bard (“edge”)
• sval (“cool”)

 

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfal.bart/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -albart
• Syllabification: Sval‧bard

Proper noun

Svalbard m

1. Svalbard (group of islands in the Arctic)

Declension

Declension of Svalbard

	singular
nominative	Svalbard
genitive	Svalbardu
dative	Svalbardowi
accusative	Svalbard
instrumental	Svalbardem
locative	Svalbardzie
vocative	Svalbardzie

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Svalbard f

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