Norðurland

Faroese

Etymology

norður (“north”) +‎ land (“land”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoːrʊrˌlant/

Proper noun

Norðurland n

  1. Norðurland, a region in the north of Iceland
  2. pl the Nordic Countries: Áland (Åland), Danmark (Denmark), Finnland (Finland), Føroyar (the Faroes), Grønland (Greenland), Ísland (Iceland), Noreg (Norway) and Svøríki (Sweden).

Declension

Declension of Norðurland (n8)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Norðurland Norðurlandið Norðurlond Norðurlondini
accusative Norðurland Norðurlandið Norðurlond Norðurlondini
dative Norðurlandi Norðurlandinum Norðurlondum Norðurlondunum
genitive Norðurlands Norðurlandsins Norðurlanda Norðurlandanna

Derived terms

  • Norðurlandahúsið (“the Nordic House”)
  • norðurlandamál (“Scandinavian language”)
  • Norðurlandaráðið (“the Nordic Council”)
  • norðurlendingur (“Nordic person”)
  • norðurlendskur (“Nordic”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From norður (“north”) +‎ land (“land”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔrðʏrlant/

Proper noun

Norðurland n (proper noun, genitive singular Norðurlands)

  1. a region in northern Iceland; not one of the eight official administrative regions of Iceland

Declension

Declension of Norðurland (sg-only neuter)
indefinite singular
nominative Norðurland
accusative Norðurland
dative Norðurlandi
genitive Norðurlands
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