Sjælland

Danish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Norse Selund, a compound from selr (“seal”) + the suffix -und (“suffix for placenames”), thus meaning place with seals. The later name was Sjóland, which changed the meaning to "sea-land;" see sær (“sea”).[1] More at Zealand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɕeˌlænˀ]

Proper noun

Sjælland n

  1. Zealand (the largest island of Denmark)

References

  1. ^ Katlev, Jan (4 August 2009). "Sjælland …". Danish Language Museum.

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Danish Sjælland.

Proper noun

Sjælland m inan (genitive singular Sjællandu, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Zealand

Declension

Declension of Sjælland
singulare tantum
nominative Sjælland
genitive Sjællandu
dative Sjællandu
accusative Sjælland
locative Sjællande
instrumental Sjællandom
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