Jan Mayen

English Etymology From en no Jan Mayen, from en nl Jan Mayen, from nl Jan May -en 1. en Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout Dutch explorer =. Pronunciation en /jɑn ˈmaɪən/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Jan Mayen.wav US Proper noun 1 en Q14056en island/territory/and/unincorporated area c/Norway in the Arctic Ocean. Translations Norwegian territory Arabic: ar يَان مَايِن Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 揚馬延島 Yángmǎyándǎo Danish: da Jan Mayen Dutch: nl Jan Mayen n Esperanto: eo Jan Mayen, eo Jan-majen Estonian: et Jan Mayen Finnish: fi Jan Mayen French: fr Jan Mayen German: de Jan Mayen n Greek: el Γιαν Μαϋέν, el Γιαν Μαγιέν Hungarian: hu Jan Mayen Italian: it Jan Mayen Japanese: ja ヤンマイエン島 Yanmaien-tō Korean: ko ^얀마옌 섬 Latin: la Ioanne Mayen Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Jan Mayen Polish: pl Jan Mayen f Portuguese: pt Jan Mayen Romanian: ro Jan Mayen Russian: ru Ян-Ма́йен m Spanish: es Jan Mayen Swedish: sv Jan Mayen Thai: th ยานไมเอน See also Countries of the world Further reading Norwegian Bokmål no thumb|A satellite view of Jan Mayen in the Greenland Sea. thumb|Jan Mayen with Beerenberg rising above the island. Etymology nb nl Jan Mayen, an eponym commemorating the Dutch seafarer and whaling captain Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout. In July 1614, May captained the ship De goude Cath on an expedition to the island undertaken by the Dutch Noordsche Compagnie, while Jacob de Gouwenaer captained the accompanying Den Orangienboom. The cartographer Joris Carolus, who took part in the expedition, produced a chart on which the island itself was called nl Mr. Joris Eylandt, while one of its promontories was named nl Ian Meys Hoeck, literally “Jan May's cape”. The latter name was subsequently transferred from the promontory to the island as a whole. Historical forms include nl Jan Mayens-eilant in 1616 and nl Jan Mayen Eylant on a 1623 chart by Willem Blaeu, after which nl Jan Mayen became established as the name of the island. The second element nl May was the seafarer's family name; historical records of the family also show the spelling nl Mey. The form nl Mayen in the place name is therefore not itself his surname: the early records show possessive forms such as nl Meys and nl Mayens before nl Mayen became fixed in the island name. The deeper etymology of the family name nl May is uncertain. Compare nn Jan Mayen, da Jan Mayen, sv Jan Mayen, de Jan Mayen, fi Jan Mayen and fr Jan Mayen. Pronunciation nb /jan ˈmaɪ̯n/ [jan ˈmaɪ̯n] /jan ˈmaɪ̯.ən/ [jan ˈmaɪ̯.ən] respectively “jan main” and “jan majen” nb aɪ̯n 2; nb aɪ̯ən 3 respectively “jan main” and “jan majen” nb Jan Ma yen Proper noun nb proper noun 1 Jan Mayen; nb island/territory/unincorporated area c/Norway sea/Arctic Ocean Jan Mayen, situated on the boundary between the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea. nb Det finnes ingen permanent bosetning på Jan Mayen. There is no permanent settlement on Jan Mayen. nb 3 February 2026 Susan Barr; Nils Petter Thuesen; Georg Bangjord; Jostein Mamen Jan Mayen Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Jan_Mayen Jan Mayen er ei norsk polarøy som ligger på grensa mellom Norskehavet og Grønlandshavet. Jan Mayen is a Norwegian polar island lying on the boundary between the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea. https://web.archive.org/web/20261002143119/https://snl.no/Jan_Mayen 2 October 2026 Descendants en Jan Mayen 1 pl Jan Mayen 1 References https://data.npolar.no/placename/7e2f0e25-8004-57d7-9818-8b705df326dc Jan Mayen Place names in Norwegian polar areas Norwegian Polar Institute 15 September 2026 Anders K. Orvin (1960), The Place-Names of Jan Mayen, Norsk Polarinstitutts Skrifter, volume 120. Jørn Sandnes and Ola Stemshaug, editors (1997), Norsk stadnamnleksikon, 4th edition, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 82-521-4905-7. nb eponyms Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology From nn nl Jan Mayen, from nl Jan May -en 1. nn Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout Dutch explorer =. Pronunciation nn /janː ˈmaiːən/ Proper noun nn proper noun nn Jan Mayen Q14056 Derived terms nn janmayenkobbe harp seal See also nn Beerenberg References Polish pl: thumb|Jan Mayen Etymology pl :ubor no:Jan Mayen + 1 Pronunciation jan majen Jan Ma.yen Proper noun f 1 pl Jan Mayen Q14056 Further reading Portuguese Proper noun 1 pt Jan Mayen Q14056 Spanish es: Pronunciation Yan Mayen + Proper noun Jan Mayen es Jan Mayen Q14056 Swedish Proper noun n sv Jan Mayen Q14056