Sverdrup

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sverdrəp, sfer-; Norw. svardrŏŏp)


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Sver•drup  (sverdrəp, sfer-; Norw. svardrŏŏp),USA pronunciation n. 
    Ot•to Neu•mann  (ôttō noimän),USA pronunciation 1855?–1930, Norwegian explorer of the Arctic.
  1. Place NamesAlso called Sverdrup Islands. a group of islands in the N Northwest Territories of Canada, in the Arctic, W of Ellesmere Island: named after Otto Neumann Sverdrup.

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