Шпанберга

Russian

Etymology

From Шпанберг (Španberg) +‎ -а (-a), from Martin Spanberg, a Danish naval officer who served as one of Vitus Bering's lieutenants in the early Russian exploration of the Pacific Ocean. The suffix provides agreement with an implicit остров (ostrov, “island”).

Proper noun

Шпанберга • (Španberga)

  1. Shpanberg (an island in the Nordenskiöld Archipelago in the Kara Sea)
  2. (historical or disputed) Synonym of Шикотан (Šikotan), Shikotan, an island in the Kurils
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