Norðurland

Faroese

Etymology

norður (“north”) +‎ land (“land”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoːrʊrˌlant/

Proper noun

Norðurland n

1. Norðurland, a region in the north of Iceland
2. pl the Nordic Countries: Áland (Åland), Danmark (Denmark), Finnland (Finland), Føroyar (the Faroes), Grønland (Greenland), Ísland (Iceland), Noreg (Norway) and Svøríki (Sweden).

Declension

n8	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Norðurland	Norðurlandið	Norðurlond	Norðurlondini
accusative	Norðurland	Norðurlandið	Norðurlond	Norðurlondini
dative	Norðurlandi	Norðurlandinum	Norðurlondum	Norðurlondunum
genitive	Norðurlands	Norðurlandsins	Norðurlanda	Norðurlandanna

Derived terms

• Norðurlandahúsið (“the Nordic House”)
• norðurlandamál (“Scandinavian language”)
• Norðurlandaráðið (“the Nordic Council”)
• norðurlendingur (“Nordic person”)
• norðurlendskur (“Nordic”)

 

Icelandic

Etymology

From norður (“north”) +‎ land (“land”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔrðʏrlant/

Proper noun

Norðurland n (proper noun, genitive singular Norðurlands)

1. A region in northern Iceland; not one of the eight official administrative regions of Iceland

Declension

Declension of Norðurland (sg-only neuter)

indefinite singular
nominative	Norðurland
accusative	Norðurland
dative	Norðurlandi
genitive	Norðurlands