Jan Mayen

English

Etymology

Named after Dutch explorer Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑn ˈmaɪən/

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Proper noun

Jan Mayen

1. An island in Norway in the Arctic Ocean.

Translations

Norwegian territory

• Arabic: يَان مَايِن (yān māyin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 揚馬延島／扬马延岛 (Yángmǎyándǎo)

• Danish: Jan Mayen
• Dutch: Jan Mayen (nl) n
• Esperanto: Jan Mayen, Jan-majen
• Estonian: Jan Mayen
• Finnish: Jan Mayen (fi)
• French: Jan Mayen (fr)
• German: Jan Mayen (de) n
• Greek: Γιαν Μαϋέν (Gian Maÿén), Γιαν Μαγιέν (Gian Magién)
• Hungarian: Jan Mayen (hu)
• Italian: Jan Mayen
• Japanese: ヤンマイエン島 (Yanmaien-tō)
• Korean: 얀마옌 섬 (Yanmayen seom)
• Polish: Jan Mayen (pl)
• Portuguese: Jan Mayen
• Romanian: Jan Mayen
• Russian: Ян-Ма́йен (ru) m (Jan-Májen)
• Spanish: Jan Mayen
• Swedish: Jan Mayen (sv)
• Thai: ยานไมเอน

See also

• Countries of the world

Further reading

• Jan Mayen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Named after Dutch explorer Jan Jacobszoon May van Schellinkhout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /janː ˈmaiːən/

Proper noun

Jan Mayen ?

1. Jan Mayen (an island in Norway in the Norwegian Sea)

Derived terms

• janmayenkobbe (“harp seal”)

See also

• Beerenberg

References

• Jørn Sandnes, Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jan Mayen

1. Jan Mayen (an island in Norway in the Arctic Ocean)

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌʝam ˈmaʝen/ [ˌɟ͡ʝãm ˈma.ʝẽn]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌʝam ˈmaʝen/ [ˌɟ͡ʝãm ˈma.ʝẽn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˌʃam ˈmaʃen/ [ˌʃãm ˈma.ʃẽn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˌʒam ˈmaʒen/ [ˌʒãm ˈma.ʒẽn]

Proper noun

Jan Mayen ?

1. Jan Mayen (an island in Norway in the Arctic Ocean)

Swedish

Proper noun

Jan Mayen n (genitive Jan Mayens)

1. Jan Mayen (an island in Norway in the Arctic Ocean)