Gotland

English

Etymology

From Swedish Gotland.

Proper noun

Gotland

1. The largest island of Sweden, situated in the Baltic Sea.
2. A municipality and county on the island of Gotland, Sweden; the only municipality there, so it, the county and island all have the same area.

Derived terms

• Gotlander

Related terms

• Gothland (older spelling)
• Gutnish

Translations

island of Sweden

• Afrikaans: Gotland
• Danish: Gotland, Gulland (historiographic)
• Estonian: Ojamaa, Gotland (et)
• Faroese: Gotland n
• Finnish: Gotlanti (fi)
• French: Gotland (fr) m
• German: Gotland (de) n
• Icelandic: Gotland n
• Japanese: ゴトランド島 (gotorandotō), ゴットランド (gottorando)
• Latin: Gothlandia f
• Lithuanian: Gotlandas m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Gotland, Gulland (obsolete)

  Nynorsk: Gotland, Gottland (obsolete)

• Polish: Gotlandia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Gotland f, Gotlândia f
• Russian: Го́тланд m (Gótland)
• Spanish: Isla de Gotland f
• Swedish: Gotland (sv) n

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse goti + land, "Goth Land." The first element is from Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːʰt.lant/
• Rhymes: -ɔːʰtlant

Proper noun

Gotland n

1. Gotland

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Gotland
accusative	Gotland
dative	Gotlandi
genitive	Gotlands

French

Proper noun

Gotland ?

1. Gotland

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːt.lant/
• Rhymes: -ɔːtlant

Proper noun

Gotland n (proper noun, genitive singular Gotlands)

1. Gotland

Declension

Declension of Gotland (sg-only neuter)

indefinite singular
nominative	Gotland
accusative	Gotland
dative	Gotlandi
genitive	Gotlands

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Gotlândia

Proper noun

Gotland f

1. Gotland (an island, province, county, and municipality of Sweden)

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Gottland (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse goti + land, "Gute-land." The first element is from Proto-Germanic *gutô, whence Goth.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Gotland n (genitive Gotlands)

1. Gotland

See also

• gotländska
• gotlänning
• gute
• gutniska