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
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

  1. A region in the north of Iceland (Note: this is not one of the eight Regions of Iceland)

Declension
declension of Norðurland
n-s singular
indefinite
nominative Norðurland
accusative Norðurland
dative Norðurlandi
genitive Norðurlands
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