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Iceland + -ia. From having Iceland lie atop this microcontinent.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A sunken microcontinent located in the middle of the North Atlantic, pinned in place by the Iceland Hotspot, stretching between Greenland and Scandinavia. Full definition →
Iceland + -ia. From having Iceland lie atop this microcontinent.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.