Bjørnøya

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²bjœrnœʏːa/, /²bjœnːœʏːa/

Etymology 1

Definite form; from bjørn (“bear”) +‎ øy (“island”), akin to Dutch Beeren Eiland, Bereneiland, named by Willem Barents in 1596 after he saw a polar bear swimming by the island. Compare Faroese Bjarnoyggin, Bjarnoy, Icelandic Bjarnarey, Swedish Björnön, and Danish Bjørneøen.

Proper noun

Bjørnøya f (indefinite Bjørnøy)

  1. Bear Island (an island in Svalbard, Norway)

Etymology 2

From bjørn (“bear”) +‎ øy (“island”).

Proper noun

Bjørnøya f

  1. A common island name:
    1. An island in Aremark, Østfold, Norway
    2. An island in Rygge, Outer Østfold, Norway
    3. An island in Rømskog, Inner Østfold, Norway
    4. An island in Aurskog-Høland, Akershus, Norway
    5. An island in Eidskog, Glåmdal district, Hedmark, Norway
    6. An island in the Farris lake, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway
    7. An island in Bamble, Grenland district, Telemark, Norway
    8. An island in Sveio, in the northern Haugaland district, or Sunnhordland district, Hordaland, Norway
    9. An island in Bømlo, Sunnhordland district, Hordaland, Norway
    10. An island in Bremanger, Nordfjord district, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
    11. An island in Ålesund, until 1965 in Borgund, and 2020 in Haram, Sunnmøre district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
    12. An island in Molde, until 2020 in Midsund, Romsdal district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
    13. An island of the Bjørnsund archipelago, Hustadvika, formerly Fræna, Romsdal district, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
    14. An island in Hitra, Fosen district, southern Trøndelag, Norway
    15. An island in Orkland, Orkdal district, until 2020 in Snillfjord, Fosen district, southern Trøndelag, Norway
    16. An island in Rennebu, Orkdalen district, southern Trøndelag, Norway
    17. An island in Stjørdal, in northern Trøndelag, Norway
    18. An island in Lurøy, Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway
    19. An island in Rødøy, Helgeland district, Nordland, Norway
    20. An island in Bodø, Salten district, Nordland, Norway
    21. An island in Vestvågøy, Lofoten district, Nordland, Norway
    22. An island in Tromsø, Troms, Norway
    23. An island in Kvænangen, Troms, Norway
    24. An island in Måsøy, Finnmark, Norway
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