Names of Iceland: Difference between revisions

* '''Eylenda''' {{IPA-is|ˈeiːˌlɛnta|}}, ''fem.''—island{{snd}}island, that is to say Iceland{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''Fjalladrottning''' {{IPA-is|ˈfjatlaˌtrɔhtniŋk|}}, ''fem.''—queen{{snd}}queen of the mountain or Iceland{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''[[wikt:Frón|Frón]]''' {{IPA-is|ˈfrouːn}}, ''neu.''— {{snd}}old [[Old Norse|Norse]] word for land, Iceland{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''Garðarshólmi''' {{IPA-is|ˈkarðar̥sˌhoulmɪ|}}, ''masc.''—Iceland{{snd}}Iceland, named after [[Gardar Svavarsson]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nuttall|first=Mark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Swr9BTI_2FEC&pg=PA902|title=Encyclopedia of the Arctic|date=2005-09-23|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-78680-8|language=en}}</ref>

* '''Hrímland''' {{IPA-is|ˈr̥imˌlant|}}, ''neu.''—({{snd}}the book ''[[Crymogaea]]'' occasionally uses “Hrímland”)"Hrímland"{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''[[wikt:Ísland|Ísland]]''' {{IPA-is|ˈistlant||Is-Ísland.ogg}}{{snd}} - Iceland's official and most common name

* '''Jökulmær''' {{IPA-is|ˈjœːkʏlˌmaiːr̥|}}, ''fem.''—Young{{snd}}Young woman of the glacier, Iceland{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''Klakinn''' {{IPA-is|ˈkʰlaːcɪn|}}, ''masc''—literally{{snd}}literally ''the iceberg'' or ''the ice cover''{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''Norðurey''' {{IPA-is|ˈnɔrðʏrˌeiː|}}, ''fem.''— {{snd}}literally meaning "northern island", used in jest in the [[Vestmannaeyjar|Westman Islands]] since Iceland is north of them{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''Skerið''' {{IPA-is|ˈscɛːrɪθ|}}, ''neu''-{{snd}}literally ''the skerry''{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''Snjóland''' {{IPA-is|ˈstnjouːˌlant|}}, ''neu.''—Snowland{{snd}}Snowland{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''[[wikt:Snæland|Snæland]]''' {{IPA-is|ˈstnaiːˌlant|}}, ''neu.''—the{{snd}}the name that the Viking [[Naddoddr]] reputedly gave to Iceland in the 9th century meaning "snow land"{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''[[Thule]]''', ''neu.''—some{{snd}}some scholars claim Iceland was the land of Thule<ref>[[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 [[Marseilles|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 star|circumpolar]] at midsummer.<br>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."</ref>

* '''Týli''' {{IPA-is|ˈtʰiːlɪ|}}, ''neu.''—Thule{{snd}}Thule{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* '''Þyli''' {{IPA-is|ˈθɪːlɪ|}}, ''neu.''—Thule{{snd}}Thule{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

* ''Islandia''—directly{{snd}}directly from Icelandic language "Ísland"

* ''Snelandia''—a{{snd}}a Latinization of the more poetic name ''Snæland''

* ''Insula Gardari''—literally{{snd}}literally meaning "Island of Garðar", compare ''Garðarshólmi''

*'''[[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]:''' {{langtransliteration|ensa|Mihikaavani}}

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