Bouvetøya

Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|An aerial view of Bouvetøya. thumb|A glacier on the western coast of Bouvetøya. thumb|A map of Bouvetøya. Etymology nb gʷṓws Named after the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705–1786), with nb øy island in the feminine definite singular nb øya the island, literally “the Bouvet island”. The French surname fr Bouvet is traditionally derived from Old French fro bouvet young ox, a diminutive of fro buef ox with fro -et diminutive suffix. fro buef is from Latin la bōs bovem ox, from Proto-Italic itc-pro *gʷōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ine-pro *gʷṓws cow, ox. Thus the surname probably originated as a nickname associated with a young ox; this older surname meaning is unrelated to the geographical character of the island itself. Compare nn Bouvetøya, da Bouvetøen and sv Bouvetön Bouvet Island. Pronunciation nb /buˈʋeːˌœʏ.a/ [buˈʋeːˌœʏ.a] nb œʏa 4 nb Bou vet øy a Proper noun nb proper noun Bouvet Island; nb island sea/Atlantic Ocean c/Norway Bouvet Island Dependent territories of Norway, an uninhabited volcanic island in the southern Atlantic Ocean and a Norwegian dependency (nb biland). nb Bouvetøya er en av de mest isolerte øyene i verden. Bouvet Island is one of the most isolated islands in the world. nb 3 February 2026 Birgit Njåstad; Lauritz S. Sømme; Susan Barr Bouvetøya Store norske leksikon Bouvetøya er en ubebodd øy i det sørlige Atlanterhavet tilhørende Norge. Bouvet Island is an uninhabited island in the southern Atlantic Ocean belonging to Norway. Usage notes nb Bouvetøya is a Norwegian nb biland dependent territory and is therefore under Norwegian sovereignty but is not constitutionally part of nb Kongeriket Norge the Kingdom of Norway in the same way as mainland Norway, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. References Bjarne Berulfsen (1969), Norsk uttaleordbok, Oslo: Aschehoug. Norsk Polarinstitutt, “Bouvetøya”. Lov om Bouvet-øya, Peter I's øy og Dronning Maud Land m.m. (bilandsloven), 27 February 1930. Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 9th edition, s.v. fr bouvet. nb eponyms Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology Named after Jean-Baptiste_Charles_Bouvet_de_Lozier, + nn øya definite singular of nn øy Proper noun nn proper noun nn an uninhabited volcanic <<island>> and <<dependent territory>> of <<c/Norway>> in the South Atlantic Ocean Bouvet Island