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Longyearbyen.

Longyearbyen (a port town and capital of Svalbard, Norway)

12 characters3 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈlɔŋjeːrˌbyː(ə)n/
  1. Longyearbyen (a port town and capital of Svalbard, Norway)

Where this word comes from

From English Longyear + byen (“the town”), literally “the Longyear City”. Calque of English Longyear City. Named after American businessman John Munro Longyear (1850–1922).

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