SPITSBERGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spitsbergen mean? 

• SPITSBERGEN (noun)
  The noun SPITSBERGEN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SPITSBERGEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPITSBERGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Spitsbergen; Spitzbergen

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Spitsbergen" is a part of...):

Svalbard (a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean)