Spitsbergen

English Alternative forms en Spitzbergen dated Etymology From en nl Spitsbergen, from nl spits pointed, pointy + nl bergen mountains, see there. Pronunciation en /ˈspɪtsˌbɛə(ɹ)ɡən/ /ˈspɪtsˌbɜː(ɹ)ɡən/ Proper noun en dated Svalbard: en Svalbard Q25231. The largest island of this archipelago. Synonyms archipelago en Svalbard island en West Spitsbergen dated Translations island Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 斯匹次卑爾根島 Sīpǐcìbēi'ěrgēn-dǎo Danish: da Spitsbergen, da Vestspitsbergen Dutch: nl Spitsbergen n French: fr Spitzberg m, fr Spitsberg m Georgian: ka შპიცბერგენი, ka დასავლეთი შპიცბერგენი German: de Spitzbergen n; de West-Spitzbergen n Japanese: ja スピッツベルゲン島 Spittsuberugen-tō Korean: ko ^스피츠베르겐섬 Norwegian: no Spitsbergen Polish: pl Spitsbergen m Portuguese: pt Spitzbergen f, pt Spitsbergen f Russian: ru Западный Шпицбе́рген m Swedish: sv Spetsbergen Dutch nl: nl:+ (eiland) thumb|right|200px|Spitsbergen (1) Alternative forms nl Spitsberghen obsolete Etymology Compound of nl spits bergen, referring to the “pointed mountains” Dutch navigator and explorer Willem Barentsz sighted on the west coast of the main island. Because Barentsz was unaware of having discovered an archipelago, the name was long used to refer both to the main island and the whole archipelago. The hamlet is attested as Spitsbergen in 1851–1855 and is named after the archipelago. The neighbourhood is name after a piece of land named in turn after the archipelago. Pronunciation nl /ˈspɪtsˌbɛr.ɣə(n)/ nl Nl-Spitsbergen.ogg nl Spits ber gen nl ɛrɣən 3 Proper noun n nl Svalbard Q25231 from 17th c. en Spitsbergen (the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago) from late 16th c. nl hamlet mun/Midden-Groningen p/Groningen c/Netherlands nl neighbourhood c/Veenendaal p/Utrecht c/Netherlands Descendants af Spitsbergen da Spidsbergen 1 en Spitsbergen 1 de Spitzbergen 1 ru Шпицбе́рген 1 References spitsbergen Norwegian Bokmål nb: Etymology From nb nl Spitsbergen. Proper noun nb proper noun The biggest of the islands that make up the Svalbard archipelago and territory. nb weather nb Svalbard nb Petter Strøm, Ylva Schenke NRK https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/slo-41-ar-gammel-varmerekord-pa-spitsbergen-1.15100814 Slo 41 år gammel varmerekord på Spitsbergen 25 July 2020 Det er den eneste gangen det har vært målt temperaturer over 20 grader på Spitsbergen. It's the only time that temperatures above 20 degrees have been measured on Spitsbergen. https://web.archive.org/web/20260819044405/https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/slo-41-ar-gammel-varmerekord-pa-spitsbergen-1.15100814 19 August 2026 Portuguese Proper noun f pt Spitzbergen