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

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

n-s	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