Meanings
iceland1
plural icelands
- A land or region of icy terrain.
They are also drilling oil in the icelands up there, exactly like we are not. Where we think we cannot go, they are up in their icelands drilling great, great new oil production.
2008, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget, Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2009: Hearings Before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Second Session, volume 4, page 459
Iceland2
- An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe. Official name: Republic of Iceland. Capital: Reykjavík.
The good news headline from Donald Trump’s trip to Davos was that he seemed to rule out force for now in his urgent quest to acquire Greenland. The bad news: he started talking about Iceland as well.
2026 January 21, Julian Borger, “Trump’s rambling Davos speech rehashes warped ideas of US supremacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2026
Origin
Iceland · proper noun
- Old NorseÍsland
- Middle EnglishIseland
- EnglishIceland
From Middle English Iseland, Island, Islond, Yslond, a calque of Old Norse Ísland, equivalent to ice + land. Replaced earlier Old Norse Snæland (literally “snowland”).
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Afrikaans Ysland
- Yslandcountry in Europe
Basque Islandia
- Islandiacountry in Europe
Bengali আইসল্যান্ড
- আইসল্যান্ড (aislênḍ)country in Europe
Bulgarian Исла́ндия
- Исла́ндия (Islándija)country in Europe
Catalan Islàndia
- Islàndiacountry in Europe
Chinese Cantonese 冰島 /冰岛
- 冰島 /冰岛 (bing¹ dou²)country in Europe
Chinese Mandarin 冰島 /冰岛
- 冰島 /冰岛 (Bīngdǎo)country in Europe
Czech Island
- Islandcountry in Europe
Danish Island
- Islandcountry in Europe
Dutch IJsland
- IJslandcountry in Europe
Esperanto Islando
- Islandocountry in Europe
Estonian Island
- Islandcountry in Europe
Finnish Islanti
- Islanticountry in Europe
French Islande
- Islandecountry in Europe
German Island
- Islandcountry in Europe
Greek Ισλανδία
- Ισλανδία (Islandía)country in Europe
Hawaiian ʻĀina Hau
- ʻĀina Haucountry in Europe
Hebrew אִיסְלַנְד
- אִיסְלַנְד (ísland)country in Europe
Hindi आइसलैंड
- आइसलैंड (āislaiṇḍ)country in Europe
Hungarian Izland
- Izlandcountry in Europe
Icelandic Ísland, Frón
- Íslandcountry in Europe
- Fróncountry in Europe
Indonesian Islandia
- Islandiacountry in Europe
Irish An Íoslainn
- An Íoslainncountry in Europe
Italian Islanda
- Islandacountry in Europe
Japanese アイスランド
- アイスランド (Aisurando)country in Europe
Korean 아이슬란드, 이슬란드
- 아이슬란드 (Aiseullandeu)country in Europe
- 이슬란드 (Iseullandeu)country in Europe
Latin Īslandia, Snēlandia
- Īslandiacountry in Europe
- Snēlandiacountry in Europe
Latvian Islande, Īslande
- Islandecountry in Europe
- Īslandecountry in Europe
Lithuanian Islandija
- Islandijacountry in Europe
Malay Iceland
- Icelandcountry in Europe
Māori Tiorangi, Aihirana
- Tiorangicountry in Europe
- Aihiranacountry in Europe
Norwegian Bokmål Island
- Islandcountry in Europe
Polish Islandia
- Islandiacountry in Europe
Portuguese Islândia
- Islândiacountry in Europe
Punjabi ਆਈਸਲੈਂਡ
- ਆਈਸਲੈਂਡ (āīsalaiṇḍ)country in Europe
Romanian Islanda
- Islandacountry in Europe
Russian Исла́ндия
- Исла́ндия (Islándija)country in Europe
Scottish Gaelic Innis Tìle
- Innis Tìlecountry in Europe
Slovak Island
- Islandcountry in Europe
Spanish Islandia
- Islandiacountry in Europe
Swahili Aisilandi
- Aisilandicountry in Europe
Swedish Island
- Islandcountry in Europe
Tagalog Lupangyelo, Islandya
- Lupangyelocountry in Europe
- Islandyacountry in Europe
Tamil ஐசுலாந்து, ஐஸ்லாந்து
- ஐசுலாந்து (aiculāntu)country in Europe
- ஐஸ்லாந்து (aislāntu)country in Europe
Thai ไอซ์แลนด์
- ไอซ์แลนด์ (áis-lɛɛn)country in Europe
Turkish İzlanda
- İzlandacountry in Europe
Ukrainian Ісла́ндія
- Ісла́ндія (Islándija)country in Europe
Urdu آئِس لَینْڈ
- آئِس لَینْڈ (āis lainḍ)country in Europe
Vietnamese Ai-xơ-len, Băng Đảo
- Ai-xơ-lencountry in Europe
- Băng Đảocountry in Europe
Welsh Gwlad yr Iâ
- Gwlad yr Iâcountry in Europe
Yiddish איסלאַנד
- איסלאַנד (island)country in Europe
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iceland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iceland
“iceland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iceland. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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