Bear Island

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Bear Island

1. 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 (is) 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)