Svalbard

English

Wikivoyage

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Svalbard

1. A group of islands northeast of Greenland; a territory of Norway. Official name: Svalbard.

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), 斯瓦尔巴 (Sīwǎ'ěrbā)

• Czech: Špicberky (cs) pl
• Danish: Svalbard
• Dutch: Spitsbergen (nl)
• 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 n (chiefly official)
• Greek: Σφάλμπαρ m (Sfálmpar), Σβάλμπαρντ m (Sválmparnt)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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, strong, genitive Svalbards)

1. (especially official use) Svalbard (archipelago)

Synonyms

• Spitzbergen (remains predominant)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse Svalbarði

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 Svalbarði

Proper noun

Svalbard

1. Svalbard (as above)

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Polish

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Svalbard f

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