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bellsund

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bell-sund
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A sound in Svalbard, Norway.

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bellsund, itself a reborrowing from Bell Sound, named by Jonas Poole because of a local bell-shaped mountain (now known as Klokkefjellet). According to Soviet sources, named after a big ancient bell raised by a Pomor merchant Ivan Starostin (or his ancestors), although this bell was located in Starostin Cape area far away from Bellsund many years after Poole’s expedition.

Synonyms

Clock Bay

Questions

What does bellsund mean?
A sound in Svalbard, Norway.
Where does bellsund come from?
Borrowed from Norwegian Bellsund, itself a reborrowing from Bell Sound, named by Jonas Poole because of a local bell-shaped mountain (now known as Klokkefjellet). According to Soviet sources, named after a big ancient bell raised by a Pomor merchant Ivan Starostin (or his ancestors), although this bell was located in Starostin Cape area far away from Bellsund many years after Poole’s expedition.

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