Iceland

[ ahys-luhnd ]

noun

1. a large island in the northern Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 square miles (102,820 square kilometers).
2. a republic including this island and several smaller islands: formerly Danish; independent since 1944. : Reykjavik.

Iceland

/ ˈaɪslənd /

noun

1. an island republic in the N Atlantic, regarded as part of Europe: settled by Norsemen, who established a legislative assembly in 930; under Danish rule (1380–1918); gained independence in 1918 and became a republic in 1944; contains large areas of glaciers, snowfields, and lava beds with many volcanoes and hot springs (the chief source of domestic heat); inhabited chiefly along the SW coast. The economy is based largely on fishing and tourism. Official language: Icelandic. Official religion: Evangelical Lutheran. Currency: króna. Capital: Reykjavik. Pop: 315 281 (2013 est). Area: 102 828 sq km (39 702 sq miles)

Iceland

1. Island republic in the north Atlantic Ocean , just south of the Arctic Circle , west of Norway and southeast of Greenland . Its capital and largest city is Reykjavik.

Notes

A unique combination of glaciers and plate tectonics has resulted in an unusual land surface, dominated by a rugged coastline, hot springs, geysers, and volcano es.

It is a member of NATO .

Iceland proclaimed its independence from Denmark in 1944.

Other Words From

• Ice·land·er [ahys, -lan-der, -l, uh, n-der], noun

Example Sentences

To give an example, one of the proxy-based studies, published last year, uses sediment collected from the seafloor to the south of Iceland, and the microscopic organisms it contains, to detect a shifting of water types over time.

From Washington Post

Few places on Earth are as hot as the Krafla caldera in Iceland, an enormous volcanic crater where magma was discovered at surprisingly shallow depths.

From MIT Technology Review

“We do not have to worry about this virus variant and we should not ban people from flying from the UK or other countries,” Kári Stefánsson, CEO of DeCode Genetics, told Iceland’s RÚV News Agency.

From MIT Technology Review

I might even pick up some needles and try making my own with one of the kits and patterns sold online by knitters from Ireland to Iceland — ideal for creating peaceful moments in a stressful time.

From Washington Post

Then, a decade ago, on a river in northern Iceland, he got trapped beneath a waterfall and nearly drowned, washing up half a mile downstream.

From Outside Online

Nowadays Iceland and its Nordic neighbours are more trendy than ever.

From The Daily Beast

The landscape here, like all of Iceland, has a primeval majesty.

From The Daily Beast

Iceland has more writers and publishes more books per capita than any other country in the world.

From The Daily Beast

“For us in Iceland this is not a very interesting question,” President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson says.

From The Daily Beast

From the wild weather to the harsh landscape, Iceland has its fair share of mystifying phenomena.

From The Daily Beast

Great eruption of the Scaptar Jokul, in Iceland, commenced, and continued several days (see 18th).

From Project Gutenberg

Now King Harald bade a warlock betake him to Iceland in one or other guise, that he might bring him back tidings of the country.

From Project Gutenberg

Thangbrand abode three winters in Iceland, and was the slayer of three men or ever he departed thence.

From Project Gutenberg

Now the King lent an ear to these speeches, and all the men of Iceland who were there were baptized.

From Project Gutenberg

The sons of many mighty men of Iceland are here present, & their fathers will, we trow, lend their aid in this matter.

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