Jakobsland
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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse Jakobsland.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jakobsland n (proper noun, genitive singular Jakobslands)
- (chiefly historical) Galicia, a former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain.
Declension
Declension of Jakobsland (sg-only neuter)
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Jakobsland |
| accusative | Jakobsland |
| dative | Jakobslandi |
| genitive | Jakobslands |
Old Norse
Etymology
From Jakobs (“(Saint) James'”) + land.
Proper noun
Jakobsland n
- Galicia, a former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain.
Declension
Declension of Jakobsland (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
| neuter | singular |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Jakobsland |
| accusative | Jakobsland |
| dative | Jakobslandi |
| genitive | Jakobslands |
Descendants
- Icelandic: Jakobsland
References
- “Jakobsland”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press