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語源

Borrowed from Old Norse Svalbarð n probably through Norwegian. From svalr (“cool”) +‎ barð (“edge, brim”), thus roughly meaning “cold shore”, 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 Faroese Svalbarð, Icelandic Svalbarði and Norwegian Svalbard.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈsvɑlbɑɹ/, (anglicized) /ˈsvɑlbɑɹd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsvælbɑː/, (anglicized) /ˈsvælbɑːd/
• enPR: sväl′bärd

固有名詞

Svalbard

1. An archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean.

同意語

• Spitsbergen, Spitzbergen (both dated)
• Greenland (obsolete)
• Grumant (dated)

派生語

• Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
• Svalbard reindeer
• Svalbardian

参照

Further reading

• “Svalbard”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Svalbard, CIA World Fact Book 2004 on Wikisource.Wikisource
• Spitsbergen in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Spitzbergen in the 1905 edition of the New International Encyclopedia.