Grenland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Greland, Græland, Grøland (1300-1400s)

Etymology

From Old Norse Grenland, from the stem of *grenir m pl +‎ land. The Grenir were the old tribe that would inhabit the area around the lake Norsjø, probably described by Jordanes as Granniī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ɡrɛnlan(d)/

Proper noun

Grenland n

1. A district of Southern Telemark, Norway

Related terms

• grener
• Grenmar (“old name of the Langesundsfjord”)

References

• Jørn Sandnes, Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “Grenland”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡrěnland/
• Hyphenation: Gren‧land

Proper noun

Grènland m (Cyrillic spelling Грѐнланд)

1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Declension

Declension of Grenland

	singular
nominative	Grenland
genitive	Grenlanda
dative	Grenlandu
accusative	Grenland
vocative	Grenlande
locative	Grenlandu
instrumental	Grenlandom