Island

Island Island' Ísland Īsland island English Etymology 1 Proper noun 1 island en New York City Long Island (in New York State). en 1972 Lou Reed Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song) Walk on the Wild Side Transformer Candy came from out on the Island / In the backroom, she was everybody's darling en New Jersey Long Beach Island. en British Columbia Vancouver Island. en Grizzlies at home on the Island https://web.archive.org/web/20160324224321/http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=f6e5fba5-4a4e-479f-a97f-fc21e0772853 Times Colonist 8 December 2008 A grizzly was photographed at Rugged Point near Kyuquot on the northwest coast of the Island in May, close to the time bears emerge from their dens, suggesting it had successfully hibernated on the Island. en Beau Simpson One 'Grape escape' on Vancouver Island http://www.thenownews.com/life/Grape+escape+Vancouver+Island/3657597/story.html Surrey Now 12 October 2010 And so, my lovely girlfriend Kari and I headed to the Island for a weekend of wines and dines. en Renee Andor His body hurts, but Vancouver Island circumnavigation record belongs to Angus https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000342/http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/125189083.html Comox Valley Record 7 July 2011 Angus felt "fantastic" to have made it around the Island and beaten the record. en en Canada colloquial en Prince Edward Island. en Internet slang euphemism Epstein Island. en UK colloquial HM Prison Parkhurst, a prison on the Isle of Wight. See also en Files the Files Etymology 2 Proper noun en Iceland. en 1624 John Smith The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles Island, Groonland, Estotiland Anagrams en adilns Ladins Lindas ilands Landis Breton br: Proper noun br proper noun br Iceland Q189 Czech cs: Etymology cs :bor is:Ísland + 1 Pronunciation cs Cs-Island.ogg cs is land Proper noun m-in islandský Islanďan Islanďanka cs Iceland Q189 Declension m.sg Derived terms cs islandka<g:f> Related terms cs islandština<g:f> See also Further reading Danish da: Etymology From da non Ísland. Proper noun da proper noun da Iceland Q189 Derived terms da islandsk islænding See also Estonian et: Etymology From et non Ísland. Pronunciation et islɑnd 2 et Is land Proper noun Islandi Islandi et Iceland Q189 et Islandile to Iceland et Islandil in Iceland et Islandilt from Iceland Declension Island i sg Derived terms et islandi islandlane See also References German de: Alternative forms de Eisland obsolete Etymology From de gml Îslant, a calque of de non Ísland Iceland, from non íss land ice land 1. The High-Germanized form de Eisland did not establish itself; that with I- was reinforced by de da Island. Compare the same in de Grönland. Pronunciation de /ˈiːslant/ de De-Island.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de ant 2 Proper noun toponym de Iceland Q189 Declension n.sg Derived terms de isländisch, de Isländisch de Isländer, de Isländerin de Islandpferd, de Islandpony See also Greenlandic Proper noun kl proper noun kl Iceland Q189 1980, "Pissusissamisoorpoq Island nunarpullu suleqatigiissappata" ("It is proper that Iceland and Greenland [lit: our country] are going to work together") , Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten Livonian Alternative forms liv Īsland Etymology From liv lv Islande. Pronunciation Proper noun liv proper noun liv Iceland Q189 Island Island – Island – Islande Iceland – Iceland – Iceland Usage notes Perhaps by error Island 1 lists this term as type 127 – liv vȯņ which has consonant shift in genitive (liv vȯn) a pattern that is not possible for this term. Like for liv Kanād the most regular type (135 – liv āigast) is given in this entry. Declension 135 sg References Middle English Proper noun enm proper noun 1 enm Iseland: enm Iceland Q189 Norwegian Bokmål no:Island thumb|The location of Iceland in Europe. thumb|The coat of arms of Iceland. Etymology nb non Ísland, from non íss land ice land, country 1, literally “ice land”. The name probably refers to drift ice seen by early seafarers off the northern parts of the island. Compare nn Island, da Island, sv Island, fo Ísland and is Ísland Iceland. English en Iceland is a calque of the Old Norse name. Pronunciation nb /¹ˈiːs.lan/ [ˈìːs.lǎn] nb iːslan 2 nb Is land Proper noun nb proper noun Iceland; nb island cont/Europe, in the northern Atlantic Ocean, south of the Arctic Circle. nb Øya Island ligger i Nord-Atlanteren. The island of Iceland lies in the North Atlantic Ocean. nb 6 January 2026 Fredrik Lyngås Pedersen Island Lille norske leksikon https://lille.snl.no/Island Island er Europas nest største øy etter Storbritannia. Iceland is Europe’s second-largest island after Great Britain. Iceland; nb country cont/Europe, occupying the island of the same name, with Reykjavík as its capital. nb Reykjavík er hovedstaden på Island. Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland. nb 16 September 2021 Island FN-sambandet https://fn.no/land/island Island er en øyrepublikk i Nord-Europa. Iceland is an island republic in Northern Europe. https://web.archive.org/web/20260802200730/https://fn.no/land/island 2 August 2026 Usage notes nb Island denotes both the island and the sovereign state. In both senses, på Island is strongly recommended over i Island. The use of nb på has an unbroken Norwegian tradition rooted in common Old Norse usage. Both the Norwegian short name and the official Norwegian name of the state are simply Island. Derived terms nb islandshest Icelandic horse nb islandsk Icelandic nb islending Icelander See also References 25 June 2026 Island Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Island 2 August 2026 6 January 2026 Fredrik Lyngås Pedersen Island Lille norske leksikon https://lille.snl.no/Island 2 August 2026 27 March 2025 På Island Språkrådet https://sprakradet.no/spraksporsmal-og-svar/pa-island/ 2 August 2026 Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med Regjeringen.no https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/ud/dep/diplomatiske-forbindelser-og-protokoll/norske-utenriksstasjoner/id2991088/ 2 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260929013054/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/ud/dep/diplomatiske-forbindelser-og-protokoll/norske-utenriksstasjoner/id2991088/ 29 September 2026 Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology From nn non Ísland, from non íss land ice land 1. Akin to en Iceland. Pronunciation nn /¹iːs.lan(d)/ nn and an Proper noun nn proper noun n nn Iceland Q189 Derived terms nn islandsand islandsfar islandsfarar islandsfiske islandshest islandslav islandsmose islandsmåse islandssild islandssnipe islandstrøye islandsull Related terms nn island nn islending nn islandsk, nn islendsk Serbo-Croatian sh:,sr:,hr:,bs: Pronunciation Ìsland sh I sland Proper noun Ìsland m-in ìslandskī Islánđanin Islánđānka sh Iceland Q189 sh Island se nalazi u neodgovarajućoj vremenskoj zoni. Iceland is located in an inappropriate time zone. Declension Island Islanda Islandu Island Islande Islandu Islandom Slovak sk: Pronunciation Proper noun m-in Islandu dub Islanďan Islanďanka islandský,islandsky sk Iceland Q189 Declension Island Islandu Islandu Island Islande Islandom Derived terms sk islandčina See also Further reading Swedish sv: Etymology From sv non Ísland. Pronunciation sv /ˈiːsland/ Proper noun n sv Iceland Q189 Derived terms sv islandsfödd islandshäst islandslav islandssill islandströja isländare isländsk isländska islänning See also References saol Svensk MeSH Anagrams sv adilns Lindas i-lands lindas slidan