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Iceland
Iceland
From Middle English Iseland , Island , Islond , Yslond , a calque of Old Norse Ísland , equivalent to ice + land . Replaced earlier Old Norse Snæland ( literally “ snowland ” ) .
( UK , US ) IPA (key ) : /ˈaɪs.lənd/
( Some speakers ) IPA (key ) : [ˈaɪs.ln̩ʔd̚]
Hyphenation: Ice‧land
Iceland
An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe . Official name: Republic of Iceland . Capital: Reykjavík .
Hypernyms: Nordic country , island country , state
2026 January 21, Julian Borger, “Trump’s rambling Davos speech rehashes warped ideas of US supremacy”, in The Guardian [1] , →ISSN , archived from the original on 22 January 2026 :The good news headline from Donald Trump’s trip to Davos was that he seemed to rule out force for now in his urgent quest to acquire Greenland. The bad news: he started talking about Iceland as well.
country in Europe
Abkhaz: Исландиа ( Islandja )
Acehnese: Islandia
Afrikaans: Ysland (af)
Albanian: Islandë f , Islanda (sq) f ( definite )
Amharic: አይስላንድ ( ʾäysəland )
Arabic: آيْسَلَنْدَا f ( ʔāysalandā ) or إِيسَلَنْدَا f ( ʔīsalandā ) or أَيْسَلَنْدا f ( ʔaysalandā )
Egyptian Arabic: أيسلندا ( ʔayslanda )
Hijazi Arabic: آيسلندا f ( ʔāyslanda )
Aragonese: Islandia
Armenian: Իսլանդիա (hy) ( Islandia )
Aromanian: Islanda f
Assamese: আইচলেণ্ড ( aislend )
Asturian: Islandia (ast) f
Azerbaijani: İslandiya (az)
Bambara: Aisland
Bashkir: Исландия ( Islandija )
Basque: Islandia (eu)
Belarusian: Ісла́ндыя f ( Islándyja ) , Ісьля́ндыя f ( Isʹljándyja )
Bengali: আইসল্যান্ড (bn) ( aislênḍ )
Bikol:
Central Bikol: Islanda
Bislama: Iceland
Breton: Island (br)
Bulgarian: Исла́ндия (bg) f ( Islándija )
Burmese: အိုက်စလန် ( uikca.lan )
Buryat: Исланд ( Island )
Carpathian Rusyn: Ісла́нд m ( Islánd ) , Ісла́ндія f ( Islándija )
Catalan: Islàndia (ca) f
Cebuano: Iceland
Chechen: Исланди ( İslandi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 冰島 / 冰岛 (yue) ( bing1 dou2 )
Eastern Min: 冰島 / 冰岛 ( Bĭng-dō̤ )
Hakka: 冰島 / 冰岛 ( Pên-tó )
Hokkien: 冰島 / 冰岛 ( Peng-tó͘ / Peng-tó )
Mandarin: 冰島 / 冰岛 (zh) ( Bīngdǎo )
Wu: 冰島 / 冰岛 ( 1 pin-tau)
Chuvash: Исланди ( Islandi )
Circassian:
East Circassian: Ислэнд ( Jislɛnd )
Cornish: Island , Rewenys f
Corsican: Islanda f
Crimean Tatar: İslandiya
Czech: Island (cs) m
Danish: Island (da)
Dhivehi: އައިސްލަންޑަން ( aislan̊ḍan̊ )
Dutch: IJsland (nl) n
Dzongkha: ཨའིསི་ལེནཌ་ ( 'isi lenḍ )
Esperanto: Islando (eo)
Estonian: Island (et)
Ewe: Iceland
Extremaduran: Islándia f
Faroese: Ísland (fo) n
Fiji Hindi: Iceland
Finnish: Islanti (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Islande f
French: Islande (fr) f
Frisian:
North Frisian: Islönj
Saterland Frisian: Ieslound n
West Frisian: Yslân (fy)
Friulian: Islande f
Gagauz: İslandiya
Galician: Islandia (gl) f
Georgian: ისლანდია (ka) ( islandia )
German: Island (de) n
Bavarian: Island n
Greek: Ισλανδία (el) f ( Islandía )
Pontic Greek: Ισλανδία f ( Islandía )
Greenlandic: Islandi
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify ) Iylanda
Gujarati: આઇસલૅન્ડ ( āisalěnḍ )
Haitian Creole: Islann
Hausa: Iceland , Aisalan
Hawaiian: ʻĀina Hau
Hebrew: אִיסְלַנְד (he) f ( ísland )
Hindi: आइसलैंड (hi) m ( āislaiṇḍ )
Hungarian: Izland (hu)
Icelandic: Ísland (is) n , Frón (is) n ( poetic )
Icelandic Sign Language: OpenA@CenterChesthigh-PalmBackThumbUp Upanddown
Ido: Islando (io)
Igbo: please add this translation if you can
Ilocano: Islandia
Indonesian: Islandia (id)
Interlingua: Islanda
Irish: An Íoslainn f
Italian: Islanda (it) f
Japanese: アイスランド (ja) ( Aisurando )
Javanese: Èslan , Islandia
Kalmyk: Ислгудин Орн ( Islgudin Orn )
Kannada: ಐಸ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (kn) ( aislyāṇḍ )
Kapampangan: Iceland
Karachay-Balkar: Исландия ( İslandiya )
Karakalpak: İslandiya
Kashubian: Jislandiô f
Kazakh: Исландия (kk) ( Iyslandıya )
Khmer: អ៊ីស្លង់ ( ʼiislɑng ) , អាយឡែន ( ʼaaylaen )
Komi:
Komi-Permyak: Исланд ( Island )
Komi-Zyrian: Исландия ( Islanďija )
Kongo: Islande
Korean: 아이슬란드 (ko) ( Aiseullandeu ) , 이슬란드 (ko) ( Iseullandeu ) ( North Korea )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئایسلەند ( ayislend )
Northern Kurdish: Îsland
Kyrgyz: Исландия (ky) ( İslandiya )
Ladin: please add this translation if you can
Ladino: Islandia , איסלאנדיה
Lao: ໄອສແລນ ( ʼais lǣn ) , ອິດສະລັງ ( ʼit sa lang )
Latgalian: Īslandeja f
Latin: Īslandia (la) f ( New Latin ) , Snēlandia f ( New Latin )
Latvian: Islande f , Īslande f
Ligurian: Islanda f
Limburgish: Iesland n
Lingala: Islandi
Lithuanian: Islandija (lt) f
Livonian: Īsland
Lombard: Islanda f
Low German: Iesland (nds) n
Dutch Low Saxon: Ieslaand n
Luganda: Isilandi
Luxembourgish: Island (lb) n
Macedonian: И́сланд (mk) m ( Ísland )
Malay: Iceland (ms)
Malayalam: ഐസ്ലാന്റ് ( aislānṟŭ )
Maltese: l-Iżlanda f
Manipuri:
Bishnupriya Manipuri: আইসল্যান্ড ( āisalyānḍ )
Manx: Yn Eeslyn f
Māori: Tiorangi , Aihirana
Marathi: आइसलँड ( āislĕṇḍa )
Mingrelian: ისლანდია ( islandia )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Исланд (mn) ( Island )
Mongolian script: ᠢᠰᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ ( island )
Nahuatl: Iztlālpan (nah)
Nauruan: Aiterand
Navajo: Tin Kéyah
Nepali: आइसल्याण्ड ( āisalyāṇḍa )
Norman: Islande f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Island (no)
Nynorsk: Island (nn) n
Occitan: Islàndia (oc) f
Odia: ଆଇସଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ ( āisalyāṇḍa )
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Исландъ m ( Islandŭ ) ( modern )
Ossetian: Исланди ( Islandi )
Pashto: آيسلېنډ m ( āyslenḍ ) , ايسلنډ ( ayslanḍ )
Pennsylvania German: Eisland n
Persian:
Dari: آیْسْلَنْد ( āysland )
Iranian Persian: ایسلند (fa) ( island )
Piedmontese: Islanda f
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Iseland
Polish: Islandia (pl) f
Portuguese: Islândia (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਆਈਸਲੈਂਡ m ( āīsalaiṇḍ )
Western Punjabi: آئس لینڈ (pnb)
Quechua: Islandya
Romanian: Islanda (ro) f
Romansh: Islanda f
Russian: Исла́ндия (ru) f ( Islándija )
Rwanda-Rundi: Isilande
Sami:
Northern Sami: Islánda
Skolt Sami: Islantt
Samoan: 'Iselani
Samogitian: Islandėjė f
Sango: Ïsalândi
Sanskrit: आइसलैंड ( āisalaiṃḍa )
Sardinian: Islanda f
Scots: Iceland
Scottish Gaelic: Innis Tìle f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ѝсланд m
Latin: Ìsland (sh) m
Sicilian: Islanna (scn) f
Silesian: Islandyjo f
Sinhalese: අයිස්ලන්තය (si) ( ayislantaya )
Slovak: Island (sk) m
Slovene: Islándija (sl) f
Somali: Island
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Islandska f
Upper Sorbian: Islandska f
Spanish: Islandia (es) f
Swahili: Aisilandi (sw)
Swazi: Echweni
Swedish: Island (sv) n
Tagalog: Lupangyelo , Islandya
Tajik: Исландия (tg) ( Islandiya )
Tamil: ஐசுலாந்து ( aiculāntu ) , ஐஸ்லாந்து ( aislāntu )
Tatar: Исландия ( İslandiyä )
Telugu: ఐస్లాండ్ (te) ( aislāṇḍ )
Thai: ไอซ์แลนด์ (th) ( áis-lɛɛn )
Tibetan: ཨཡིསུ་ལེན་ཌ ( .yisu len ḍa )
Tigrinya: አይስላንድ ( ʾäysəland )
Tok Pisin: Aislan
Turkish: İzlanda (tr)
Turkmen: Islandiýa
Udmurt: Исландия ( Islanďija )
Ukrainian: Ісла́ндія (uk) f ( Islándija )
Urdu: آئِس لَینْڈ m ( āis lainḍ )
Uyghur: ئىسلاندىيە ( islandiye )
Uzbek: Islandiya (uz)
Venetan: Islanda f
Veps: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: Ai-xơ-len , Băng Đảo (vi) (冰島 )
Volapük: Lisladeän (vo)
Võro: Island'
Votic: please add this translation if you can
Wallisian: ʻAiselani
Walloon: Izlande f
Waray-Waray: Islandya
Welsh: Gwlad yr Iâ (cy)
West Flemish: (please verify ) Ysland n
Wolof: Islaand
Yakut: Исландия ( Islandiya )
Yiddish: איסלאַנד n ( island )
Zazaki: ( Southern Zazaki ) İslanda (diq)
Iceland
Iceland (an island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe ; official name: Republic o Iceland )