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name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK, US: /ˈaɪs.lənd/
  • [ˈaɪs.ln̩ʔd̚] Some speakers
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1

name

Meaning 1

An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A land or region of icy terrain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: island

4

noun

Meaning 4

an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Republic of Iceland

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European country, European nation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree ▲ Old Norse Íslandcalq. Middle English Iseland English Iceland From Middle English Iseland, Island, Islond, Yslond, a calque of Old Norse Ísland, equivalent to ice + land. Replaced earlier Old Norse Snæland (literally “snowland”).

From ice + land.

Across languages

Translations

216 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: Исландиа (Islandja) — country in Europe
  • Acehnese: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Afrikaans: Ysland — country in Europe
  • Albanian: Islandë — country in Europe
  • Albanian: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Amharic: አይስላንድ (ʾäysəland) — country in Europe
  • Arabic: أيسلندا (ʔayslanda) — country in Europe
  • Arabic: آيسلندا (ʔāyslanda) — country in Europe
  • Aragonese: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Armenian: Իսլանդիա — country in Europe
  • Aromanian: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Assamese: আইচলেণ্ড (aislend) — country in Europe
  • Asturian: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Azerbaijani: İslandiya — country in Europe
  • Bambara: Aisland — country in Europe
  • Bashkir: Исландия (İslandiya) — country in Europe
  • Basque: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Belarusian: Ісла́ндыя (Islándyja) — country in Europe
  • Belarusian: Ісьля́ндыя (Isʹljándyja) — country in Europe
  • Bengali: আইসল্যান্ড (aislênḍ) — country in Europe
  • Central Bikol: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Bislama: Iceland — country in Europe
  • Breton: Island — country in Europe
  • Bulgarian: Исла́ндия (Islándija) — country in Europe
  • Burmese: အိုက်စလန် (uikca.lan) — country in Europe
  • Buryat: Исланд — country in Europe
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Ісла́нд (Islánd) — country in Europe
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Ісла́ндія (Islándija) — country in Europe
  • Catalan: Islàndia — country in Europe
  • Cebuano: Iceland — country in Europe
  • Chechen: Исланди (İslandi) — country in Europe
  • Chinese Cantonese: 冰島 /冰岛 (bing1 dou2) — country in Europe
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 冰島 /冰岛 (Bĭng-dō̤) — country in Europe
  • Hakka Chinese: 冰島 /冰岛 (Pên-tó) — country in Europe
  • Chinese: 冰島 /冰岛 (Peng-tó͘ / Peng-tó) — country in Europe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰島 /冰岛 (Bīngdǎo) — country in Europe
  • Wu Chinese: 冰島 /冰岛 (1pin-tau) — country in Europe
  • Chuvash: Исланди (Islandi) — country in Europe
  • East Circassian: Ислэнд (Jislɛnd) — country in Europe
  • Cornish: Island — country in Europe
  • Cornish: Rewenys — country in Europe
  • Corsican: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Crimean Tatar: İslandiya — country in Europe
  • Czech: Island — country in Europe
  • Danish: Island — country in Europe
  • Dhivehi: އައިސްލަންޑަން (aislan̊ḍan̊) — country in Europe
  • Dutch: IJsland — country in Europe
  • Dzongkha: ཨའིསི་ལེནཌ་ ('isi lenḍ) — country in Europe
  • Esperanto: Islando — country in Europe
  • Estonian: Island — country in Europe
  • Ewe: Iceland — country in Europe
  • Extremaduran: Islándia — country in Europe
  • Faroese: Ísland — country in Europe
  • Fiji Hindi: Iceland — country in Europe
  • Finnish: Islanti — country in Europe
  • Franco-Provençal: Islande — country in Europe
  • French: Islande — country in Europe
  • North Frisian: Islönj — country in Europe
  • Saterland Frisian: Ieslound — country in Europe
  • West-Frisian: Yslân — country in Europe
  • Friulian: Islande — country in Europe
  • Gagauz: İslandiya — country in Europe
  • Galician: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Georgian: ისლანდია (islandia) — country in Europe
  • German: Island — country in Europe
  • Bavarian German: Island — country in Europe
  • Greek: Ισλανδία (Islandía) — country in Europe
  • Pontic Greek: Ισλανδία (Islandía) — country in Europe
  • Greenlandic: Islandi — country in Europe
  • Gujarati: આઇસલૅન્ડ (āisalěnḍ) — country in Europe
  • Haitian Creole: Islann — country in Europe
  • Hausa: Iceland — country in Europe
  • Hausa: Aisalan — country in Europe
  • Hawaiian: ʻĀina Hau — country in Europe
  • Hebrew: אִיסְלַנְד (ísland) — country in Europe
  • Hindi: आइसलैंड (āislaiṇḍ) — country in Europe
  • Hungarian: Izland — country in Europe
  • Icelandic: Ísland — country in Europe
  • Icelandic: Frón — country in Europe
  • Ido: Islando — country in Europe
  • Ilocano: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Indonesian: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Interlingua: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Irish: An Íoslainn — country in Europe
  • Italian: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Japanese: アイスランド (Aisurando) — country in Europe
  • Javanese: Èslan — country in Europe
  • Javanese: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Kalmyk: Ислгудин Орн (Islgudin Orn) — country in Europe
  • Kannada: ಐಸ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (aislyāṇḍ) — country in Europe
  • Kapampangan: Iceland — country in Europe
  • Karachay-Balkar: Исландия (İslandiya) — country in Europe
  • Karakalpak: İslandiya — country in Europe
  • Kashubian: Jislandiô — country in Europe
  • Kazakh: Исландия (İslandiä) — country in Europe
  • Khmer: អ៊ីស្លង់ (ʼiislɑng) — country in Europe
  • Khmer: អាយឡែន (ʼaaylaen) — country in Europe
  • Komi-Permyak: Исланд — country in Europe
  • Komi-Zyrian: Исландия (Islanďija) — country in Europe
  • Kongo: Islande — country in Europe
  • Korean: 아이슬란드 (Aiseullandeu) — country in Europe
  • Korean: 이슬란드 (Iseullandeu) — country in Europe
  • Central Kurdish: ئایسلەند (ayislend) — country in Europe
  • Northern Kurdish: Îsland — country in Europe
  • Kyrgyz: Исландия (İslandiya) — country in Europe
  • Ladino: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Ladino: איסלאנדיה — country in Europe
  • Lao: ໄອສແລນ (ʼais lǣn) — country in Europe
  • Lao: ອິດສະລັງ (ʼit sa lang) — country in Europe
  • Latgalian: Īslandeja — country in Europe
  • Latin: Īslandia — country in Europe
  • Latin: Snēlandia — country in Europe
  • Latvian: Islande — country in Europe
  • Latvian: Īslande — country in Europe
  • Ligurian: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Limburgish: Iesland — country in Europe
  • Lingala: Islandi — country in Europe
  • Lithuanian: Islandija — country in Europe
  • Livonian: Īsland — country in Europe
  • Lombard: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Low German: Iesland — country in Europe
  • Luganda: Isilandi — country in Europe
  • Luxembourgish: Island — country in Europe
  • Macedonian: И́сланд (Ísland) — country in Europe
  • Malay: Iceland — country in Europe
  • Malayalam: ഐസ്ലാന്റ് (aislānṟŭ) — country in Europe
  • Maltese: l-Iżlanda — country in Europe
  • Bishnupriya Manipuri: আইসল্যান্ড (āisalyānḍ) — country in Europe
  • Manx: Yn Eeslyn — country in Europe
  • Māori: Tiorangi — country in Europe
  • Māori: Aihirana — country in Europe
  • Marathi: आइसलँड (āislĕṇḍa) — country in Europe
  • Mingrelian: ისლანდია (islandia) — country in Europe
  • Mongolian: Исланд — country in Europe
  • Mongolian: ᠢᠰᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ (island) — country in Europe
  • Nahuatl: Iztlālpan — country in Europe
  • Nauruan: Aiterand — country in Europe
  • Navajo: Tin Kéyah — country in Europe
  • Nepali: आइसल्याण्ड (āisalyāṇḍa) — country in Europe
  • Norman: Islande — country in Europe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Island — country in Europe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Island — country in Europe
  • Occitan: Islàndia — country in Europe
  • Odia: ଆଇସଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (āisalyāṇḍa) — country in Europe
  • Church Slavic: Исландъ (Islandŭ) — country in Europe
  • Ossetian: Исланди (Islandi) — country in Europe
  • Pashto: آيسلېنډ (āyslenḍ) — country in Europe
  • Pashto: ايسلنډ (ayslanḍ) — country in Europe
  • Pennsylvania German: Eisland — country in Europe
  • Dari: آیْسْلَنْد (āysland) — country in Europe
  • Iranian Persian: ایسلند (island) — country in Europe
  • Piedmontese: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Iseland — country in Europe
  • Polish: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Portuguese: Islândia — country in Europe
  • Punjabi: ਆਈਸਲੈਂਡ (āīsalaiṇḍ) — country in Europe
  • Punjabi: آئس لینڈ — country in Europe
  • Quechua: Islandya — country in Europe
  • Romanian: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Romansh: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Russian: Исла́ндия (Islándija) — country in Europe
  • Rwanda-Rundi: Isilande — country in Europe
  • Northern Sami: Islánda — country in Europe
  • Skolt-Sami: Islantt — country in Europe
  • Samoan: 'Iselani — country in Europe
  • Samogitian: Islandėjė — country in Europe
  • Sango: Ïsalândi — country in Europe
  • Sanskrit: आइसलैंड (āisalaiṃḍa) — country in Europe
  • Sardinian: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Scots: Iceland — country in Europe
  • Scottish Gaelic: Innis Tìle — country in Europe
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ѝсланд — country in Europe
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ìsland — country in Europe
  • Sicilian: Islanna — country in Europe
  • Silesian: Islandyjo — country in Europe
  • Sinhalese: අයිස්ලන්තය (ayislantaya) — country in Europe
  • Slovak: Island — country in Europe
  • Slovene: Islándija — country in Europe
  • Somali: Island — country in Europe
  • Lower Sorbian: Islandska — country in Europe
  • Upper Sorbian: Islandska — country in Europe
  • Spanish: Islandia — country in Europe
  • Swahili: Aisilandi — country in Europe
  • Swazi: Echweni — country in Europe
  • Swedish: Island — country in Europe
  • Tagalog: Lupangyelo — country in Europe
  • Tagalog: Islandya — country in Europe
  • Tajik: Исландия (Islandiya) — country in Europe
  • Tamil: ஐசுலாந்து (aiculāntu) — country in Europe
  • Tamil: ஐஸ்லாந்து (aislāntu) — country in Europe
  • Tatar: Исландия (İslandiyä) — country in Europe
  • Telugu: ఐస్లాండ్ (aislāṇḍ) — country in Europe
  • Thai: ไอซ์แลนด์ (áis-lɛɛn) — country in Europe
  • Tibetan: ཨཡིསུ་ལེན་ཌ (.yisu len ḍa) — country in Europe
  • Tigrinya: አይስላንድ (ʾäysəland) — country in Europe
  • Tok Pisin: Aislan — country in Europe
  • Turkish: İzlanda — country in Europe
  • Turkmen: Islandiýa — country in Europe
  • Udmurt: Исландия (Islanďija) — country in Europe
  • Ukrainian: Ісла́ндія (Islándija) — country in Europe
  • Urdu: آئِس لَینْڈ (āis lainḍ) — country in Europe
  • Uyghur: ئىسلاندىيە (islandiye) — country in Europe
  • Uzbek: Islandiya — country in Europe
  • Venetan: Islanda — country in Europe
  • Vietnamese: Ai-xơ-len — country in Europe
  • Vietnamese: Băng Đảo — country in Europe
  • Volapük: Lisladeän — country in Europe
  • Võro: Island' — country in Europe
  • Wallisian: ʻAiselani — country in Europe
  • Walloon: Izlande — country in Europe
  • Waray-Waray: Islandya — country in Europe
  • Welsh: Gwlad yr Iâ — country in Europe
  • Wolof: Islaand — country in Europe
  • Yakut: Исландия (Islandiya) — country in Europe
  • Yiddish: איסלאַנד (island) — country in Europe
  • Zazaki: İslanda (diq) — country in Europe
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