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spitsbergen

/ˈspɪtsˌbɛə(ɹ)ɡən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
spits-ber-gen
IPA
/ˈspɪtsˌbɛə(ɹ)ɡən/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Dated

name

The largest island of this archipelago.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Spitzbergen (alternative)

Synonyms

Svalbard West Spitsbergen

Questions

How do you pronounce spitsbergen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈspɪtsˌbɛə(ɹ)ɡən/.
What does spitsbergen mean?
Svalbard: An archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean.
Where does spitsbergen come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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