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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse Grenland, from the stem of *grenir m pl + land. The Grenir were the old tribe that would inhabit the area around the lake Norsjø, probably described by Jordanes as Granniī.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Grenland n
- A district of Southern Telemark, Norway
References
- Jørn Sandnes, Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “Grenland”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡrěnland/
- Hyphenation: Gren‧land
Proper noun
Grènland m (Cyrillic spelling Грѐнланд)
- Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
Declension