Eyjafjallajökull

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Eyjafjallajökull (literally “glacier of the Eyjafjöll”), where Eyjafjöll (literally “mountains of the islands”) is the name given to the southern side of the massif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪaˌfjatlaˌjɜkətl/

Proper noun

Eyjafjallajökull

1. A glacier and volcano in southern Iceland.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Eyjafjalla (genitive of Eyjafjöll, name of the southern side of the massif, literally “mountains [fjöll] of the islands [eyja, genitive plural of ey]”) +‎ jökull (“glacier”), literally “glacier of the (mountains of the islands)”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiːjaˌfjatlaˌjœːkʏtl/

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Proper noun

Eyjafjallajökull m

1. Eyjafjallajökull (glacier and volcano in Iceland)

Declension

declension of Eyjafjallajökull

m-s1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Eyjafjallajökull
accusative	Eyjafjallajökul
dative	Eyjafjallajökli
genitive	Eyjafjallajökuls