Barents

English

Proper noun

Barents

1. Barents Sea
2. The regions of Norway and Russia that border the Barents Sea.
   • 1993, Arctic Challenges: Report from the Nordic Council's Parliamentary Conference in Reykjavik 16-17 August 1993, →ISBN, page 50:

     The establishment of the Baltic and Barents cooperation councils was therefore an expression of a Nordic willingness to play an active part and indicative that the societies of the North are willing to consider new patterns of interaction.

   • 2004, Bjørn Brunstad, Big Oil Playground, Russian Bear Preserve Or European Periphery?, →ISBN, page 39:

     Oil and gas production is potentially one of the most important growth industries in Barents Russia.

3. Willem Barents

Anagrams

• Bernats, banters, barnets

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Barends, Baerents, Baerends, Barendsz, Barentsz, Baerentsz, Baerendsz

Etymology

From Barent / Barend +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.rənts/

Proper noun

Barents

1. a common surname originating as a patronymic

Derived terms

• Barentszzee

Related terms

• Berends