Bear Island

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Bear Island

An island in Svalbard, Norway

Translations

island of the Svalbard archipelago

Arabic: جزيرة الدب f
Basque: Hartzen uhartea
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熊岛
Danish: Bjørneøen c
Dutch: Bereneiland n, Beeren Eiland n
Estonian: Karusaar
Faroese: Bjarnoyggin f, Bjarnoy f
Finnish: Karhusaari (fi)
French: Île aux Ours f
German: Bäreninsel f
Icelandic: Bjarnarey f
Italian: Isola degli Orsi f
Latvian: Lāču sala f
Limburgish: Baereneilandj
Lithuanian: Lokių sala f
Luxembourgish: Biereninsel f
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: Bjørnøya f, Bjørnøyi f
Polish: Wyspa Niedźwiedzia f
Portuguese: Ilha do Urso f
Russian: Медвежий (Medvežij)
Swahili: Kisiwa cha Dubu
Swedish: Björnön c
Turkish: Ayı Adası
Ukrainian: Ведмежий острів m (Vedmežyj ostriv)

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