Ny-Ålesund

English Etymology Borrowed from en no - nn Ny-Ålesund. Proper noun en town arch/Svalbard c/Norway. Translations a town in Svalbard, Norway Korean: ko 뉘올레순 Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Ny-Ålesund Norwegian Bokmål no:Ny-Ålesund thumb|The research settlement of Ny-Ålesund on Spitsbergen. Alternative forms nb Ny Ålesund historical unhyphenated spelling Etymology From nb ny Ålesund new city in Norway, literally “New Ålesund”. The name was given by Kings Bay AS Kings Bay Kull Compani, which was based in Ålesund. The settlement was initially known as Brandal City before the present name was adopted. Compare nn Ny-Ålesund. Pronunciation nb /nyː.²oː.lə.sʉn/ [nyːˈôː.lə.sʉn] nb oːləsʉn 3 nb Ny Å le sund Proper noun nb proper noun Ny-Ålesund; nb settlement in r/Svalbard c/Norway, on the southern shore of Kongsfjorden on Spitsbergen, formerly a mining settlement and now an international Arctic research station nb Ny-Ålesund ligger på nordvestsiden av Spitsbergen. Ny-Ålesund is situated in the northwestern part of Spitsbergen. nb 18 March 2025 Susan Barr Ny-Ålesund Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Ny-%C3%85lesund Ny-Ålesund er en bosetning på Svalbards største øy Spitsbergen, på sørsiden av Kongsfjorden. Ny-Ålesund is a settlement on Svalbard's largest island, Spitsbergen, on the southern side of Kongsfjorden. https://web.archive.org/web/20251102230248/https://snl.no/Ny-%C3%85lesund 2 November 2025 Derived terms nb nyålesunder resident of Ny-Ålesund Descendants en Ny-Ålesund 1 References “Ny-Ålesund” in the Norwegian Polar Institute's Place Names of Svalbard. “Ny-Ålesund” at Svalbard Museum. “Ny-Ålesund” in Store norske leksikon. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology From nn ny Ålesund new. Named after the city of Ålesund in Sunnmøre on the West Norwegian coast. Pronunciation nn /ny²ɔːləsʊn(d)/ /²njɔːləsʊn(d)/ Proper noun nn proper noun n nn small town arch/Svalbard c/Norway