noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈaɪs.lənd.ə/
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General-American:/ˈaɪs.lənd.ɚ/
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person of a North Germanic ethnic group native to Scandinavia, comprising the ethnic majority of Iceland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a native or inhabitant of Iceland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: European
History
Etymology
From Iceland + -er. Displaced older Middle English Iselandman (“Icelander”, literally “Iceland man, Iceland person”).
Across languages
Translations
106 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
Yslander
— person from Iceland
Albanian:
islandez
— person from Iceland
Arabic:
آيِسْلَنْدِيّ
(ʔāyislandiyy)
— person from Iceland
Arabic:
آيِسْلَنْدِيَّة
(ʔāyislandiyya)
— person from Iceland
Arabic:
أَيْسْلَنْدِيّ
(ʔayslandiyy)
— person from Iceland
Arabic:
أَيْسْلَنْدِيَّة
(ʔayslandiyya)
— person from Iceland
Armenian:
իսլանդացի
(islandacʻi)
— person from Iceland
Asturian:
islandés
— person from Iceland
Asturian:
islandesa
— person from Iceland
Azerbaijani:
islandiyalı
— person from Iceland
Basque:
islandiar
— person from Iceland
Belarusian:
ісла́ндзец
(islándzjec)
— person from Iceland
Belarusian:
ісла́ндка
(islándka)
— person from Iceland
Belarusian:
ісьля́ндзец
(isʹljándzjec)
— person from Iceland
Belarusian:
ісьля́ндка
(isʹljándka)
— person from Iceland
Bulgarian:
исла́ндец
(islándec)
— person from Iceland
Bulgarian:
исла́ндка
(islándka)
— person from Iceland
Catalan:
islandès
— person from Iceland
Catalan:
islandesa
— person from Iceland
Catalan:
islandés
— person from Iceland
Catalan:
islandesa
— person from Iceland
Chinese Mandarin:
冰島人 /冰岛人
(Bīngdǎorén)
— person from Iceland
Czech:
Islanďan
— person from Iceland
Czech:
Islanďanka
— person from Iceland
Danish:
islænding
— person from Iceland
Dutch:
IJslander
— person from Iceland
Dutch:
IJslandse
— person from Iceland
Esperanto:
islandano
— person from Iceland
Esperanto:
islandanino
— person from Iceland
Estonian:
islandlane
— person from Iceland
Estonian:
islandlanna
— person from Iceland
Faroese:
íslendingur
— person from Iceland
Finnish:
islantilainen
— person from Iceland
French:
Islandais
— person from Iceland
French:
Islandaise
— person from Iceland
West-Frisian:
Yslanner
— person from Iceland
Galician:
islandés
— person from Iceland
Galician:
islandesa
— person from Iceland
Georgian:
ისლანდიელი
(islandieli)
— person from Iceland
German:
Isländer
— person from Iceland
German:
Isländerin
— person from Iceland
Greek:
Ισλανδός
(Islandós)
— person from Iceland
Greek:
Ισλανδή
(Islandí)
— person from Iceland
Greek:
Ισλανδέζα
(Islandéza)
— person from Iceland
Hebrew:
אִיסְלַנְדִּי
(islándi)
— person from Iceland
Hebrew:
אִיסְלַנְדִּית
(islandít)
— person from Iceland
Hindi:
आइसलैंड वासी
(āislaiṇḍ vāsī)
— person from Iceland
Hungarian:
izlandi
— person from Iceland
Icelandic:
Íslendingur
— person from Iceland
Irish:
Íoslannach
— person from Iceland
Italian:
islandese
— person from Iceland
Japanese:
アイスランド人
(aisurandojin)
— person from Iceland
Kazakh:
исландиялық
(islandiälyq)
— person from Iceland
Kazakh:
исланд
(island)
— person from Iceland
Korean:
아이슬란드인
(aiseullandeu'in)
— person from Iceland
Korean:
아이슬란드 사람
(aiseullandeu saram)
— person from Iceland
Kyrgyz:
исланд
(island)
— person from Iceland
Kyrgyz:
исландиялык
(islandiyalık)
— person from Iceland
Latvian:
islandietis
— person from Iceland
Latvian:
islandiete
— person from Iceland
Lithuanian:
islandas
— person from Iceland
Lithuanian:
islándė
— person from Iceland
Low German:
Ieslänner
— person from Iceland
Low German:
Ieslandsche
— person from Iceland
Low German:
Ieslannsche
— person from Iceland
Low German:
Ieslännerin
— person from Iceland
Macedonian:
Исланѓанец
(Islanǵanec)
— person from Iceland
Macedonian:
Исланѓанка
(Islanǵanka)
— person from Iceland
Manx:
Eeslynnagh
— person from Iceland
Norwegian Bokmål:
islending
— person from Iceland
Norwegian Nynorsk:
islending
— person from Iceland
Occitan:
islandés
— person from Iceland
Occitan:
islandesa
— person from Iceland
Persian:
ایسلندی
(islandi)
— person from Iceland
Portuguese:
islandês
— person from Iceland
Portuguese:
islandesa
— person from Iceland
Romanian:
islandez
— person from Iceland
Romanian:
islandeză
— person from Iceland
Russian:
исла́ндец
(islándec)
— person from Iceland
Russian:
исла́ндка
(islándka)
— person from Iceland
Scottish Gaelic:
Tìleach
— person from Iceland
Serbo-Croatian:
Исла́нђанин
— person from Iceland
Serbo-Croatian:
Исланђанка
— person from Iceland
Serbo-Croatian:
Islánđanin
— person from Iceland
Serbo-Croatian:
Islanđanka
— person from Iceland
Slovak:
Islanďan
— person from Iceland
Slovak:
Islanďanka
— person from Iceland
Slovene:
Islandec
— person from Iceland
Slovene:
Islandka
— person from Iceland
Spanish:
islandés
— person from Iceland
Spanish:
islandesa
— person from Iceland
Swahili:
Mwaisilandi
— person from Iceland
Swedish:
islänning
— person from Iceland
Swedish:
isländska
— person from Iceland
Tajik:
исландӣ
(islandi)
— person from Iceland
Turkish:
İzlandalı
— person from Iceland
Turkmen:
islandiýaly
— person from Iceland
Turkmen:
island
— person from Iceland
Ukrainian:
ісла́ндець
(islándecʹ)
— person from Iceland
Ukrainian:
ісла́ндка
(islándka)
— person from Iceland
Uyghur:
ئىسلاندىيىلىك
(islandiyilik)
— person from Iceland