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bear island

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables
bear is-land
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island of Svalbard, Norway.

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Bereneiland, from beer (“bear”) + eiland (“island”).

Questions

What does bear island mean?
An island of Svalbard, Norway.
Where does bear island come from?
Calque of Dutch Bereneiland, from beer (“bear”) + eiland (“island”).

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