Lochlann

From Middle Irish Lochlann, an alteration by folk etymology (equivalent to loch (“lough”) +‎ -lann (“place of”)) of Old Irish Lothlind, a name with disputed origins.

Lochlann f (genitive Lochlann)

1. (historical) Viking countries
2. (rare):
   1. Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands)
3. Scandinavia (a peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula)

• Críoch Lochlann

• Lochlannach
• Lochlannais

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Lochlann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Middle Irish Lochlann, a folk etymology (equivalent to loch (“loch”) +‎ -lann (“place of”)) of Old Irish Lothlind, a name with disputed origins.

Lochlann m or f (genitive Lochlainn)

1. Scandinavia (a geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands)
2. Scandinavia (a peninsula in Northern Europe, consisting of Norway, Sweden and most of northern Finland; in full, Scandinavian Peninsula)
3. (obsolete, poetic) Norway (a country in Scandinavia in Northern Europe)

   Synonym: Nirribhidh

• Lochlannach
• Lochlannais