Island.
Iceland; an island of Europe, in the northern Atlantic Ocean, south of the Arctic Circle.
Meaning & usage
Iceland; an island of Europe, in the northern Atlantic Ocean, south of the Arctic Circle.
Øya Island ligger i Nord-Atlanteren.
Iceland; a country in Europe, occupying the island of the same name, with Reykjavík as its capital.
Reykjavík er hovedstaden på Island.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Norse Ísland, from íss (“ice”) + land (“land, country”), literally “ice land”. The name probably refers to drift ice seen by early seafarers off the northern parts of the island. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk Island, Danish Island, Swedish Island, Faroese Ísland and Icelandic Ísland (“Iceland”). English Iceland is a calque of the Old Norse name.
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