Spitzbergen

== English == === Etymology === From German Spitzbergen, a Germanised spelling of Dutch Spitsbergen. === Proper noun === Spitzbergen (dated) Alternative spelling of Spitsbergen. == German == === Etymology === From Dutch Spitsbergen, see there for more. Analysable as spitz (“pointed, pointy”) +‎ Berge(n) (“mountains”). The original Dutch has the same meaning. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃpɪtsˈbɛrɡən/ === Proper noun === Spitzbergen n (proper noun, strong, genitive Spitzbergens) Svalbard, Spitsbergen (an archipelago, territory, and unincorporated area of Norway northeast of Greenland, in the Arctic Ocean) Spitsbergen; West Spitsbergen (largest island of this archipelago) ==== Usage notes ==== Outside of official use, German Spitzbergen remains the predominant word for both senses. ==== Synonyms ==== (archipelago): Svalbard (island): West-Spitzbergen == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Spitsbergen === Proper noun === Spitzbergen f Spitsbergen (an island of Svalbard, Norway)