Jan Mayen

English

Etymology

From Norwegian Jan Mayen, from Dutch Jan Mayen. Named after Dutch explorer Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑn ˈmaɪən/

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Proper noun

Jan Mayen

2. An island, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean.

Translations

Norwegian territory

• Arabic: يَان مَايِن (yān māyin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 揚馬延島 / 扬马延岛 (Yángmǎyándǎo)

• Danish: Jan Mayen
• Dutch: Jan Mayen (nl) n
• Esperanto: Jan Mayen, Jan-majen
• Estonian: Jan Mayen
• Finnish: Jan Mayen (fi)
• French: Jan Mayen (fr)
• German: Jan Mayen (de) n
• Greek: Γιαν Μαϋέν (Gian Maÿén), Γιαν Μαγιέν (Gian Magién)
• Hungarian: Jan Mayen (hu)
• Italian: Jan Mayen
• Japanese: ヤンマイエン島 (Yanmaien-tō)
• Korean: 얀마옌 섬 (Yanmayen seom)
• Latin: Ioanne Mayen
• Polish: Jan Mayen (pl) f
• Portuguese: Jan Mayen
• Romanian: Jan Mayen
• Russian: Ян-Ма́йен (ru) m (Jan-Májjen)
• Spanish: Jan Mayen
• Swedish: Jan Mayen (sv)
• Thai: ยานไมเอน

See also

• Countries of the world

Further reading

• Jan Mayen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch Jan Mayen, from Jan +‎ May +‎ -en. Named after Dutch explorer Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /janː ˈmaiːən/

Proper noun

Jan Mayen

1. Jan Mayen (an island, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean)

Derived terms

• janmayenkobbe (“harp seal”)

See also

• Beerenberg

References

• Jørn Sandnes; Ola Stemshaug (1997), Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN

Polish

Jan Mayen

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian Jan Mayen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjan ˈma.jɛn/
• Syllabification: Jan Ma‧yen

Proper noun

Jan Mayen f (indeclinable)

1. Jan Mayen (an island, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean)

Further reading

• Jan Mayen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Jan Mayen in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jan Mayen ?

1. Jan Mayen (an island, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌʝam ˈmaʝen/ [ˌɟ͡ʝãm ˈma.ʝẽn]

• IPA^(key): /ˌʝam ˈmaʝen/ [ˌɟ͡ʝãm ˈma.ʝẽn] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˌʃam ˈmaʃen/ [ˌʃãm ˈma.ʃẽn] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˌʒam ˈmaʒen/ [ˌʒãm ˈma.ʒẽn] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: Jan Ma‧yen

Proper noun

Jan Mayen ?

1. Jan Mayen (an island, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean)

Swedish

Proper noun

Jan Mayen n (genitive Jan Mayens)

1. Jan Mayen (an island, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway, in the Arctic Ocean)