Eystrasaltsland

Icelandic

Etymology

From Eystrasalt (“Baltic sea”) +‎ land (“country”). Eystrasalt means “Eastern ocean”; salt is here a poetic reference to an ocan.

Noun

Eystrasaltsland n (genitive singular Eystrasaltslands, nominative plural Eystrasaltslönd)

1. a Baltic state (Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania)

Usage notes

Usually always in the plural with a definite article: Eystrasaltslöndin (“the Baltic states”).

Declension

Declension of Eystrasaltsland (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Eystrasaltsland	Eystrasaltslandið	Eystrasaltslönd	Eystrasaltslöndin
accusative	Eystrasaltsland	Eystrasaltslandið	Eystrasaltslönd	Eystrasaltslöndin
dative	Eystrasaltslandi	Eystrasaltslandinu	Eystrasaltslöndum	Eystrasaltslöndunum
genitive	Eystrasaltslands	Eystrasaltslandsins	Eystrasaltslanda	Eystrasaltslandanna