Longyearbyen.
A port town and capital of Svalbard, Norway.
Meaning & usage
A port town and capital of Svalbard, Norway.
Where this word comes from
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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