Eystrasaltsland

Icelandic

Etymology

From Eystrasalt (“Baltic sea”) +‎ land (“country”). Eystrasalt means “Eastern ocean”; salt is here a poetic reference to an ocean.

Noun

Eystrasaltsland n (genitive singular Eystrasaltslands, nominative plural Eystrasaltslönd)

  1. a Baltic state (Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania)

Usage notes

Usually always in the plural with a definite article: Eystrasaltslöndin (“the Baltic states”).

Declension

Declension of Eystrasaltsland (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Eystrasaltsland Eystrasaltslandið Eystrasaltslönd Eystrasaltslöndin
accusative Eystrasaltsland Eystrasaltslandið Eystrasaltslönd Eystrasaltslöndin
dative Eystrasaltslandi Eystrasaltslandinu Eystrasaltslöndum Eystrasaltslöndunum
genitive Eystrasaltslands Eystrasaltslandsins Eystrasaltslanda Eystrasaltslandanna
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