Svalbard

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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. ^{[1] [2]}

Cognate with Faroese Svalbarð, Icelandic Svalbarði and Norwegian Svalbard.

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

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Svalbard

2. An archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean.

• 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, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean)

   Synonym: (remains predominant) Spitzbergen

Borrowed from Old Norse Svalbarð n or Svalbarðr m. See the English entry for more information.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɑ̂ːɫbɑr/

Svalbard

1. Svalbard (an archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean)

Borrowed from Old Norse Svalbarð n or Svalbarðr m, from svalr (“cool”) +‎ barð (“edge, brim”), thus roughly meaning “cold shore”. See the English entry for more information.

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

Svalbard n

1. Svalbard (an archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsfal.bart/

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• Rhymes: -albart
• Syllabification: Sval‧bard

Svalbard m

1. Svalbard (an archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean)

• Svalbard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian Svalbard.

Svalbard f

1. (sometimes proscribed) alternative form of Esvalbarda

The Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings or partial calques) if these are established in the language. As such, the forms Esvalbarda or Esvalbarde are preferred.