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Country name Svalbard, in 35 editions.
The entry for Svalbard published Country name in 35 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 12 editions. Each is shown as published. Country name in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 12
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Long-form name” (1990 to 1992), “Names” (1993 to 1995), “Name of country” (1996) and “Country name” (1997 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 3 editions, 1990 to 1992.
Published as “Long-form name”
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Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard
conventional long form:
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conventional short form:
Svalbard
The entry for Svalbard did not include Country name.
Published as “Names”
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard
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Published as “Name of country”
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Svalbard
The same text in 3 editions, 1997 to 1999.
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as
Spitzbergen)
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as
- conventional long form:
- none conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)
conventional long form: none
The same text in 7 editions, 2002 to 2008.
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)
The same text in 3 editions, 2009 to 2011.
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen)
The same text in 3 editions, 2012 to 2014.
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen)
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitzbergen) Spitsbergen)
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)
conventional long form:
conventional short form:Spitsbergen) Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)
- etymology:
- 12th century Norse accounts speak of the discovery of a "Svalbard" - literally "cold shores" - but they may have referred to Jan Mayen island or eastern Greenland;
- the archipelago was traditionally known as Spitsbergen, but Norway renamed it Svalbard in the 1920s when it assumed sovereignty of the islands
Rewritten: too little of the 2015 text remains to mark the changes.
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)
etymology: 12th century Norse accounts speak of the discovery of a "Svalbard" - literally "cold shores" - but they may have referred to Jan Mayen island or eastern Greenland; the archipelago was traditionally known as Spitsbergen, but Norway renamed it Svalbard in the 1920s when it assumed sovereignty of the islands
The same text in 8 editions, 2017 to 2024.
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)
- etymology:
- 12th century Norse accounts speak of the discovery of a "Svalbard" - literally "cold shores" - but they may have referred to Jan Mayen Island or eastern Greenland;
- the archipelago was traditionally known as Spitsbergen, but Norway renamed it Svalbard in the 1920s when it assumed sovereignty of the islands
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)
etymology: 12th century Norse accounts speak of the discovery of a "Svalbard" - literally "cold shores" - but they may have referred to Jan Mayen island Island or eastern Greenland; the archipelago was traditionally known as Spitsbergen, but Norway renamed it Svalbard in the 1920s when it assumed sovereignty of the islands
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)
- etymology:
- the archipelago was traditionally known as Spitsbergen, a Dutch name meaning "jagged peaks," but Norway renamed it Svalbard in the 1920s when it assumed sovereignty of the islands, from the Norwegian sval (cold) and bard (shore);
- the Norwegian name may have been used during the Norse era for other locations
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Svalbard (sometimes referred to as Spitsbergen, the largest island in the archipelago)
etymology: 12th century Norse accounts speak of the discovery of a "Svalbard" - literally "cold shores" - but they may have referred to Jan Mayen Island or eastern Greenland; the archipelago was traditionally known as Spitsbergen, a Dutch name meaning "jagged peaks," but Norway renamed it Svalbard in the 1920s when it assumed sovereignty of the islands islands, from the Norwegian sval (cold) and bard (shore); the Norwegian name may have been used during the Norse era for other locations
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Svalbard: Country name.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/svalbard/country-name.