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Numerous names for the country Iceland
There are numerous different names for
Iceland , which have over the years appeared in
poetry or
literature .
In Icelandic
Many names have been used to refer to Iceland in the
Icelandic language . These names include colloquial, formal, and poetic forms:
Eylenda
[ˈeiːˌlɛnta] , fem. – island, that is to say Iceland[
citation needed ]
Stephan G. Stephansson
Fjarst í eilífðar útsæ
vakir eylendan þín.
Far in the eternal yonder sea
your island wakes.[
citation needed ]
Fjalladrottning
[ˈfjatlaˌtrɔhtniŋk] , fem. – queen of the mountain or Iceland[
citation needed ]
Fjallkonan
[ˈfjatl̥ˌkɔːnan] , fem. with
definite article —
lady of the mountain , a figure representing Iceland[
citation needed ]
Frón Icelandic pronunciation:
[ˈfrouːn] , neu. – old
Norse word for land, Iceland[
citation needed ]
Heima á Fróni .
Garðarshólmi
[ˈkarðar̥sˌhoulmɪ] , masc. – Iceland, named after
Gardar Svavarsson
[1]
Hrímey
[ˈr̥iːmˌeiː] , fem. [
citation needed ]
Hrímgrund
[ˈr̥imˌkrʏnt] , fem. [
citation needed ]
Hrímland
[ˈr̥imˌlant] , neu. – the book
Crymogaea occasionally uses "Hrímland"[
citation needed ]
Ísafold
[ˈiːsaˌfɔlt] , neu.
Ísaland
[ˈiːsaˌlant] , neu. [
citation needed ]
...og flykkjast heim að fögru landi Ísa.
Ísland
[ˈistlant]
ⓘ – Iceland's official and most common name
Jökulmær
[ˈjœːkʏlˌmaiːr̥] , fem. – Young woman of the glacier, Iceland[
citation needed ]
Klakinn
[ˈkʰlaːcɪn] , masc – literally the iceberg or the ice cover [
citation needed ]
Norðurey
[ˈnɔrðʏrˌeiː] , fem. – literally meaning "northern island", used in jest in the
Westman Islands since Iceland is north of them[
citation needed ]
Skerið
[ˈscɛːrɪθ] , neu – literally the skerry [
citation needed ]
Snjóland
[ˈstnjouːˌlant] , neu. – Snowland[
citation needed ]
Snæland
[ˈstnaiːˌlant] , neu. – the name that the Viking
Naddoddr reputedly gave to Iceland in the 9th century meaning "snow land"[
citation needed ]
Thule , neu. – some scholars claim Iceland was the land of Thule
[2]
Týli
[ˈtʰiːlɪ] , neu. – Thule[
citation needed ]
Þyli
[ˈθɪːlɪ] , neu. – Thule[
citation needed ]
Icelanders also have several nicknames for themselves, including Frónbúi
[ˈfrounˌpuːɪ] or Frónverji
[ˈfrounˌvɛrjɪ] ("an inhabitant of Frón") and Landi
[ˈlantɪ] ("fellow countryman").[
citation needed ]
In Latin
Iceland has prominently been called by three names in
Latin :[
citation needed ]
Islandia – directly from Icelandic language "Ísland"
Snelandia – a Latinization of the more poetic name Snæland
Insula Gardari – literally meaning "Island of Garðar", compare Garðarshólmi
Other foreign languages
References
^ Nuttall, Mark (2005-09-23).
Encyclopedia of the Arctic . Routledge.
ISBN
978-1-136-78680-8 .
^
Strabo ,
Geographica , book 2, chapter 5, start of paragraph 8: Ὁ μὲν οὖν Μασσαλιώτης Πυθέας τὰ περὶ Θούλην τὴν βορειοτάτην τῶν Βρεττανίδων ὕστατα λέγει, παρ' οἷς ὁ αὐτός ἐστι τῷ ἀρκτικῷ ὁ θερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος· "
Pytheas of
Massalia therefore chooses the furthest regions around
Thule , [which is] the most northern of the lands around Britain, around which the "summer turning circle" [= the line of celestial latitude where the sun turns at midsummer] is the same as the
Arctic Circle .", which may refer to the sun being
circumpolar at midsummer. Strabo 1.4.2: ἥν φησι Πυθέας ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς Βρεττανικῆς ἓξ ἡμερῶν πλοῦν ἀπέχειν πρὸς ἄρκτον, ἐγγὺς δ᾽ εἶναι τῆς πεπηγυίας θαλάττης : "[Thule] which Pytheas says is a six days’ sail north of Britain, and is near the frozen sea."
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