Spitsbergen

or Spitz·ber·gen

[ spits-bur-guhn ]

noun
  1. a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to Norway. 24,293 sq. mi. (62,920 sq. km).

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How to use Spitsbergen in a sentence

  • I have described examples of it in Spitsbergen and the Andes which need not be quoted here.

    The Alps | Martin Conway

British Dictionary definitions for Spitsbergen

Spitsbergen

/ (ˈspɪtsˌbɜːɡən) /


noun
  1. another name for Svalbard

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