Islande

See also: islande, Islandē, Īslande, and Īslandē

Estonian

Proper noun

Islande

1. partitive plural of Island

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Ísland, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse íss (“ice”) + land (“land, country”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.slɑ̃d/

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Proper noun

Islande f

1. Iceland

Related terms

• islandais, islandaise
• Islandais, Islandaise

Descendants

• Greek: Ισλανδία f (Islandía)

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Latvian

Islande (Eiropā)

Islandes karogs

Alternative forms

• Īslande

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Ísland (“Iceland”), probably via other European languages. The more recent spelling (Īslande, with a long ī) apparently reflects the original Icelandic pronunciation better.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Islande f (5th declension)

1. Iceland (island country in Northern Europe, with Reykjavik as its capitals)

   Islandes karogs ― the flag of Iceland

   Nīderlandes karaliene ― the queen of the Netherlands

   Islande jeb Īslande ir salu valsts Atlantijas okeāna ziemeļos starp Grenlandi, Norvēģiju un Britu salām ― Iceland (Islande or Īslande) is an island country in the north of the Atlantic Ocean between Greenland, Norway and the British Isles

Usage notes

The forms with a long ī (Īslande and derived terms, like īslandietis, īslandisks, etc.) have been recently (in 2007) proposed as correct, but the forms with a short i (Islande, islandietis, islandisks, etc.) are still more frequently used.

Declension

Declension of Islande (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Islande	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Islandi	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Islandes	—
dative (datīvs)	Islandei	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Islandi	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Islandē	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Islande	—

Related terms

• islandietis, islandiete
• islandisks
• islandiešu valoda

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Norman

Alternative forms

• Islaunde (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse Ísland, from íss (“ice”) + land (“land, country”).

Proper noun

Islande f

1. (Jersey) Iceland

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisɫanɟɛ/

Noun

Islande

1. locative singular of Island