"Franz Josef Land" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Franz Joseph Land [alternative], Francis Joseph's Land [alternative]
Etymology: The first reported finding was in the 1873 Austro-Hungarian North Pole Expedition led by Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht, who named the area after Emperor Franz Joseph I. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Franz Josef Land}} Franz Josef Land
  1. An archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia, north of Novaya Zemlya, east of Svalbard. Categories (place): Places in Russia Related terms: Novaya Zemlya, Kara Sea, Arctic Ocean Translations (archipelago in Russia): Ֆրանց Յոսիֆի երկիր (Francʻ Yosifi erkir) (Armenian), 法蘭士約瑟夫地 /法兰士约瑟夫地 (Fǎlánshì-Yuēsèfū Dì) (Chinese Mandarin), Franz Josefs Land (Danish), Franz Josephi maa (Estonian), Frans Joosefin maa (Finnish), terre François-Joseph [feminine] (French), Franz-Josef-Land [neuter] (German), Жем Франц Йозефа (Žem Franc Jozefa) [feminine] (Pannonian Rusyn), Земля́ Фра́нца-Ио́сифа (Zemljá Fránca-Iósifa) [feminine] (Russian), Tierra de Francisco José [feminine] (Spanish), Frans Josefs land [neuter] (Swedish)

Alternative forms

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