Barents

English

Proper noun

Barents

  1. Barents Sea
  2. The regions of Norway and Russia that border the Barents Sea.
    • 1993, Arctic Challenges: Report from the Nordic Council's Parliamentary Conference in Reykjavik 16-17 August 1993, →ISBN, page 50:
      The establishment of the Baltic and Barents cooperation councils was therefore an expression of a Nordic willingness to play an active part and indicative that the societies of the North are willing to consider new patterns of interaction.
    • 2004, Bjørn Brunstad, Big Oil Playground, Russian Bear Preserve Or European Periphery?, →ISBN, page 39:
      Oil and gas production is potentially one of the most important growth industries in Barents Russia.
  3. Willem Barents

Anagrams

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Barends, Baerents, Baerends, Barendsz, Barentsz, Baerentsz, Baerendsz

Etymology

From Barent / Barend +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaː.rənts/

Proper noun

Barents

  1. a common surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms

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