Sjælland
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[edit] Danish
[edit] Etymology
(Can we verify this 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: /sjɛland/, [ˈɕɛˌlanˀ]
[edit] Proper noun
Sjælland n.
- Zealand (the largest island of Denmark)
[edit] External links
Sjælland on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
