Helluland

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse Helluland, coined c. AD 1000 by Leif Ericson from hella (“flat stone”) + land (“land”).

Proper noun

Helluland

  1. 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

Proper noun

Helluland n

  1. Helluland
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