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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Svalbard: An archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean. dated
2. 2
   The largest island of this archipelago.

Synonyms

All synonyms

spitzbergensvalbardwest spitsbergen

Etymology

From Dutch Spitsbergen, from spits (“pointed, pointy”) + bergen (“mountains”), see there.

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