Definition of Spitzbergen

1. Noun. Islands in the Svalbard archipelago to the east of northern Greenland; belonging to Norway.

Exact synonyms: Spitsbergen
Group relationships: Svalbard
Generic synonyms: Island

Definition of Spitzbergen

1. Proper noun. A group of islands north east of Greenland ¹

2. Proper noun. The territory of Norway which they compose (official name: Svalbard) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spitzbergen

Spirituals
Spirocerca lupi
Spirochaeta obermeieri
Spirochaeta plicatilis
Spirodela
Spirodela polyrrhiza
Spirograph
Spirometra mansoni
Spirometra mansonoides
Spirula peronii
Spirulidae
Spitfire
Spitsbergen
Spitz
Spitz nevus
Spitzbergen
Spitzenburgh
Spitzenburghs
Spitzer's theory
Spitzka's marginal tract
Spitzka's marginal zone
Spitzka's nucleus
Spivakian
Spix's spine
Spizella
Spizella arborea
Spizella pusilla
Spk1 kinase
Splendore

Literary usage of Spitzbergen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1873)
"The following Paper was read :— On Discoveries east of spitzbergen, and Attempts to reach tlie Pole on the » spitzbergen Meridians. By CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"The supposition that there exists in the sea between spitzbergen and Nova ... A new expedition to the North Pole by way of spitzbergen might leave port ..."

3. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"The west Coast of spitzbergen.—Ascension of a Mountain by Dr. Scoresby. ... Flora of spitzbergen.—Its Similarity with that of the Alps above the Snow-line. ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"On the 22nd of June, 1827, Captain Parry started on a boat expedition from spitzbergen towards the North Pole—one of the most hazardous efforts known in ..."

5. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"Flora of spitzbergen.—Its Similarity with that of the Alps above the Snow-line. ... E archipelago of spitzbergen consists of five large islands: West Spitz- ..."

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