Sjælland

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Sjælland

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[edit] Danish

Sjælland er Danmarks største ø - Zealand is the largest island of Denmark

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse Selund, a compound from selr (seal) and -und, which is an Indo-European suffix for place names. Selund means place with seals. The later name was Sjóland, which changed the meaning to "sea-land".

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈʂɛˌlænˀ]

[edit] Proper noun

Sjælland n.

1. Zealand, the largest Danish island in the Baltic sea