Helluland
English
Etymology
From Old Norse Helluland, Coined by Leif Ericson c. AD 1000 from hella (“flat stone”) + land (“land”).
Proper noun
Helluland
- The name given by the Icelandic Norseman Leifur Eiríksson to the portion of North America in modern-day Baffin Island, Canada when he arrived there circa 1000 AD.
Coordinate terms
Old Norse
Etymology
hella (“flat stone”) + land (“land”). Coined by Leif Erikson c. 1000 CE
Proper noun
Helluland n
- Helluland: Baffin Island (an island in Nunavut, Canada, in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago)
Descendants
- English: Helluland
- French: Hellulande
- Icelandic: Helluland, Helluland it Mikla, Litla Helluland
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- Old Norse compound terms
- Old Norse terms coined by Leif Erikson
- Old Norse coinages
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse proper nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- non:Islands
- non:Places in Nunavut
- non:Places in Canada