Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse Grenland, from the stem of *grenir m pl +‎ land. The Grenir were the old tribe that would inhabit the area around the lake Norsjø, probably described by Jordanes as Granniī.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Grenland n

  1. A district of Southern Telemark, Norway

Related terms edit

References edit

  • Jørn Sandnes; Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “Grenland”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡrěnland/
  • Hyphenation: Gren‧land

Proper noun edit

Grènland m (Cyrillic spelling Грѐнланд)

  1. Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Declension edit