Jamteland

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From Old Norse Jamtaland, from jamti (Jamt) +‎ land (land). According to the saga of Haakon the Good, named after Ketill jamti, the legendary first settler of this landscape. Cognate with Icelandic Jamtaland, Swedish Jämtland and Danish Jemtland.

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Jamteland n

  1. Jämtland (a landscape and county, until 1645 in Norway, now in Sweden)

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