Svalbard

Etymology
probably through Norwegian. From, thus roughly meaning , probably alluding to the treeless landscape mostly covered with grass.

The name was first attested in annales referring to year 1194, but it’s uncertain whether it referred to the modern archipelago.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1) A group of islands northeast of Greenland; a territory of Norway.

Translations

 * Arabic: سْفَالْبَارْد
 * Belarusian: Шпіцбе́рген, Шпіцбэ́рген
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 斯瓦爾巴
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Svalbard
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Svalbardo
 * Faroese: Svalbarð
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: შპიცბერგენი, სვალბარდი
 * German: ;
 * Greek: Σφάλμπαρ, Σβάλμπαρντ
 * Icelandic: Svalbarði
 * Italian: Svalbard
 * Japanese: スバールバル, スヴァールバル諸島
 * Korean: ^스발바르
 * Latin: Svalbardum
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Svalbard
 * Nynorsk: Svalbard
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Svalbard
 * Romanian: Svalbard
 * Russian: Сва́льбард,
 * Slovak: Špicbergy
 * Spanish: Svalbard
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Etymology
or. See the English entry for more information.

Etymology
or, from , thus roughly meaning. See the English entry for more information.