Etymology

Longyearbyen

Long·year·by·en
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Today it means: A port town and capital of Svalbard, Norway. Full definition →

Norwegian Bokmål Longyearbyen
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Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål Longyearbyen, from English Longyear + Norwegian Bokmål byen. Calque of English Longyear City. Named after American businessman John Munro Longyear (1850–1922), whose company established the early settlement that would become the town.

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