Iceland
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Iceland¹
- /ˈaɪs.lənd/ UK, US
- [ˈaɪs.ln̩ʔd̚]
Where it comes from
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Old Norse Íslandcalq.
Middle English Iseland
English Iceland
From Middle English Iseland, Island, Islond, Yslond, a calque of Old Norse Ísland, equivalent to ice + land. Replaced earlier Old Norse Snæland (literally “snowland”).
proper noun
- An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe. Official name: Republic of Iceland. Capital: Reykjavík. The good news headline from Donald Trump’s trip to Davos was that he seemed to rule out force for now in his urgent quest to acquire Greenland. The bad news: he started talking about Iceland as well.
iceland²
Where it comes from
From ice + land.
noun icelands
- A land or region of icy terrain. They are also drilling oil in the icelands up there, exactly like we are not. Where we think we cannot go, they are up in their icelands drilling great, great new oil production.
