Longyearbyen

English

Proper noun

Longyearbyen

1. The largest settlement in Svalbard.

Translations

settlement

• Belarusian: Лонгйір m (Lónhjir)
• Bulgarian: Лонгирбюен m (Longirbjuen)
• Catalan: Longyearbyen
• Czech: Longyearbyen
• Danish: Longyearbyen
• Dutch: Longyearbyen (nl) n
• Faroese: Longyearbýur
• French: Longyearbyen (fr)
• Georgian: ლონგირი (longiri), ლონგიირი (longiiri), ლონგიირბიუენი (longiirbiueni)
• German: Longyearbyen
• Icelandic: Longyearbyen, Longyearbær m
• Italian: Longyearbyen
• North Frisian: Longyearbyen
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Longyearbyen

  Nynorsk: Longyearbyen

• Polish: Longyearbyen (pl)
• Portuguese: Longyearbyen f
• Russian: Ло́нгйир m (Lóngjir)
• Serbo-Croatian: Лонгјир m
• Silesian: Longyearbyen
• Spanish: Longyearbyen
• Swedish: Longyearbyen
• Turkish: Longyearbyen
• Ukrainian: Ло́нг'їр m (Lónhʺjir)
• Vietnamese: Longyearbyen
• West Frisian: Longyearbyen

References

• Longyearbyen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Proper noun

Longyearbyen ?

1. Longyearbyen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Named after American businessman John Munro Longyear as Longyear City; the name was later Norwegianised.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔŋjeːrˌbyː(ə)n/
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔŋjiːrˌbyː(ə)n/

Proper noun

Longyearbyen

1. Longyearbyen (the main settlement and administrative centre of Svalbard)

Related terms

• Svalbard

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Norwegianisation of English Longyear City, named after American businessman John Munro Longyear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔŋjeːrˌbyː(ə)n/

Proper noun

Longyearbyen

1. The administrative centre of Svalbard, Norway

   Synonym: (humorous) Langårbyen

Related terms

• Longyeardalen (“Longyear Valley”)

See also

• Svalbard

Portuguese

Proper noun

Longyearbyen f

1. Longyearbyen (a village, the capital of Svalbard, Norway)

Swedish

Proper noun

Longyearbyen n (genitive Longyearbyens)

1. Longyearbyen
   • 2020, “23. Runt Polcirkeln [23. Around the Polar Circle]”, in Nybörjarkryss [Beginners' Crosswords], number 3, →ISSN, page 23:

     Den största ön [i Svalbard] heter Spitsbergen och huvudort är Longyearbyen.

     The largest island [in Svalbard] is named Spitsbergen, and the capital is Longyearbyen.