Definition of Iceland

1. Noun. An island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944.

Exact synonyms: Republic Of Iceland
Group relationships: Nato, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Generic synonyms: European Country, European Nation
Terms within: Capital Of Iceland, Reykjavik
Group relationships: Europe
Member holonyms: Icelander
Derivative terms: Icelander

2. Noun. A volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle.
Terms within: Republic Of Iceland
Group relationships: Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean
Generic synonyms: Island
Derivative terms: Icelander

Definition of Iceland

1. Proper noun. A country in Europe. Official name: Republic of Iceland. ¹

2. Proper noun. An island in the North Atlantic Ocean. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iceland

Ibizan Podenco
Ibizan hound
Iblis
Ibn al-Haytham
Ibo
Ibrahim
Ibrahimic
Ibsen
Ibsenesque
Ibsenian
Ibycus
Icaricia
Icarus
Icehouse
Icel.
Iceland (current term)
Iceland disease
Iceland lichen
Iceland moss
Iceland poppy
Iceland spar
Icelander
Icelanders
Icelandic
Icelandic-speaking
Icelandic Sheepdog
Icelandic Sheepdogs
Icelandic Sign Language
Icelandic Spitz
Icelandic Spitze

Literary usage of Iceland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"A number of narratives of travel in Iceland by Englishmen and Americans have appeared in recent years, but, unfortunately, few contain anything of ..."

2. The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America by Bibliographical Society of America (1918)
"4; Books printed in Iceland between 1578 and 1844, pp. ... Books printed in Iceland, 1578- 1844; a second supplement to the British Museum Catalogue. ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1801)
"... the vicinity ot Iceland, which, according to the accounts nl' {he navigators who ... und at laA hit upon the thought, il; .1 Iceland had Loon funk by an ..."

4. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"tion of Iceland to Denmark and to Norway. With considerable regularity he has ... He presents the thesis that from 930 AD to the present Iceland has ..."

5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"EXPLORATIONS IN Iceland DURING THE YEARS 1881-98. into a book in which I related the ... To describe all the volcanoes of Iceland, and relate their every ..."

6. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1904)
"In order to discuss the origin of the ponies of Iceland and the Faroe group ... The island of Iceland, which has an area roughly one-fifth greater than that ..."

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