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Icelandic
Etymology
From bönd (“ties, connection, relations”) + ríki (“state”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bandaríkin n pl (definite)
- the United States (a country in North America)
1866, Skírnir, tímarit hins islenzka bókmenntafélags, page 42:Bandaríkin halda miklum her á norðurbökkum Rio Grande fljótsins, er um langt ræður landamerkjum milli þeirra og Mexico; hann á að hafa gát á því er gerist fyrir sunnan og verja úthlaup suður að norðan.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension