Jakobsland
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse Jakobsland.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
[edit]Jakobsland n (proper noun, genitive singular Jakobslands)
- (chiefly historical) Galicia, a former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Jakobsland (sg-only neuter)
| indefinite singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Jakobsland |
| accusative | Jakobsland |
| dative | Jakobslandi |
| genitive | Jakobslands |
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Jakobs (“(Saint) James'”) + land.
Proper noun
[edit]Jakobsland n
- Galicia, a former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain.
Declension
[edit] Declension of Jakobsland (strong a-stem, indefinite singular only)
| neuter | singular |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Jakobsland |
| accusative | Jakobsland |
| dative | Jakobslandi |
| genitive | Jakobslands |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: Jakobsland
References
[edit]- “Jakobsland”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic terms with historical senses
- is:Autonomous communities of Spain
- is:Galicia
- Old Norse compound terms
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse proper nouns
- Old Norse neuter nouns
- Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns
- non:Spain