English
Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen comes from Norwegian Bokmål Longyearbyen.
- Norwegian BokmålmodernLongyearbyen
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Norwegian BokmålmodernLongyearbyen
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Named after American businessman John Munro Longyear (1850–1922), whose company established the early settlement that would become the town.
Every English word from Norwegian Bokmål Longyearbyen
Today it means
name A port town and capital of Svalbard, Norway.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Norwegian Bokmål Longyearbyen / Longyearbyen