English
Etymology
From Middle English Iseland, Island, Islond, Yslond, a calque of Old Norse Ísland, equivalent to ice + land. Replaced earlier Old Norse Snæland (literally “snowland”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪs.lənd/
- (Some speakers) IPA(key): [ˈaɪs.ln̩ʔd̚]
- Hyphenation: Ice‧land
Proper noun
Iceland
- An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.
2026 January 21, Julian Borger, “Trump’s rambling Davos speech rehashes warped ideas of US supremacy”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 22 January 2026:The good news headline from Donald Trump’s trip to Davos was that he seemed to rule out force for now in his urgent quest to acquire Greenland. The bad news: he started talking about Iceland as well.
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country in Europe
- Abkhaz: Исландиа (Islandja)
- Acehnese: Islandia
- Afrikaans: Ysland (af)
- Albanian: Islandë f, Islanda (sq) f (definite)
- Amharic: አይስላንድ (ʾäysəland)
- Arabic: آيْسَلَنْدَا f (ʔāysalandā) or إِيسَلَنْدَا f (ʔīsalandā) or أَيْسَلَنْدا f (ʔaysalandā)
- Egyptian Arabic: أيسلندا (ʔayslanda)
- Hijazi Arabic: آيسلندا f (ʔāyslanda)
- Aragonese: Islandia
- Armenian: Իսլանդիա (hy) (Islandia)
- Aromanian: Islanda f
- Assamese: আইচলেণ্ড (aislend)
- Asturian: Islandia (ast) f
- Azerbaijani: İslandiya (az)
- Bambara: Aisland
- Bashkir: Исландия (İslandiya)
- Basque: Islandia (eu)
- Belarusian: Ісла́ндыя f (Islándyja), Ісьля́ндыя f (Isʹljándyja)
- Bengali: আইসল্যান্ড (bn) (aislênḍ)
- Bikol:
- Central Bikol: Islanda
- Bislama: Iceland
- Breton: Island (br)
- Bulgarian: Исла́ндия (bg) f (Islándija)
- Burmese: အိုက်စလန် (uikca.lan)
- Buryat: Исланд (Island)
- Carpathian Rusyn: Ісла́нд m (Islánd), Ісла́ндія f (Islándija)
- Catalan: Islàndia (ca) f
- Cebuano: Iceland
- Chechen: Исланди (İslandi)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 冰島 / 冰岛 (yue) (bing1 dou2)
- Eastern Min: 冰島 / 冰岛 (Bĭng-dō̤)
- Hakka: 冰島 / 冰岛 (Pên-tó)
- Hokkien: 冰島 / 冰岛 (Peng-tó͘ / Peng-tó)
- Mandarin: 冰島 / 冰岛 (zh) (Bīngdǎo)
- Wu: 冰島 / 冰岛 (1pin-tau)
- Chuvash: Исланди (Islandi)
- Cornish: Island, Rewenys f
- Corsican: Islanda f
- Crimean Tatar: İslandiya
- Czech: Island (cs) m
- Danish: Island (da)
- Dhivehi: އައިސްލަންޑަން (aislan̊ḍan̊)
- Dutch: IJsland (nl) n
- Dzongkha: ཨའིསི་ལེནཌ་ ('isi lenḍ)
- Esperanto: Islando (eo)
- Estonian: Island (et)
- Ewe: Iceland
- Extremaduran: Islándia f
- Faroese: Ísland (fo) n
- Fiji Hindi: Iceland
- Finnish: Islanti (fi)
- Franco-Provençal: Islande f
- French: Islande (fr) f
- Frisian:
- North Frisian: Islönj
- Saterland Frisian: Ieslound n
- West Frisian: Yslân (fy)
- Friulian: Islande f
- Gagauz: İslandiya
- Galician: Islandia (gl) f
- Georgian: ისლანდია (ka) (islandia)
- German: Island (de) n
- Bavarian: Island n
- Greek: Ισλανδία (el) f (Islandía)
- Pontic Greek: Ισλανδία f (Islandía)
- Greenlandic: Islandi
- Guarani:
- Paraguayan Guarani: (please verify) Iylanda
- Gujarati: આઇસલૅન્ડ (āisalěnḍ)
- Haitian Creole: Islann
- Hausa: Iceland, Aisalan
- Hawaiian: ʻĀina Hau
- Hebrew: אִיסְלַנְד (he) f (ísland)
- Hindi: आइसलैंड (hi) m (āislaiṇḍ)
- Hungarian: Izland (hu)
- Icelandic: Ísland (is) n, Frón (is) n (poetic)
- Icelandic Sign Language: OpenA@CenterChesthigh-PalmBackThumbUp Upanddown
- Ido: Islando (io)
- Igbo: please add this translation if you can
- Ilocano: Islandia
- Indonesian: Islandia (id)
- Interlingua: Islanda
- Irish: An Íoslainn f
- Italian: Islanda (it) f
- Japanese: アイスランド (ja) (Aisurando)
- Javanese: Èslan, Islandia
- Kabardian: Ислэнд (Jislɛnd)
- Kalmyk: Ислгудин Орн (Islgudin Orn)
- Kannada: ಐಸ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (kn) (aislyāṇḍ)
- Kapampangan: Iceland
- Karachay-Balkar: Исландия (İslandiya)
- Karakalpak: İslandiya
- Kashubian: Jislandiô f
- Kazakh: Исландия (kk) (İslandiä)
- Khmer: អ៊ីស្លង់ (ʼiislɑng), អាយឡែន (ʼaaylaen)
- Komi:
- Komi-Permyak: Исланд (Island)
- Komi-Zyrian: Исландия (Islanďija)
- Kongo: Islande
- Korean: 아이슬란드 (ko) (Aiseullandeu), 이슬란드 (ko) (Iseullandeu) (North Korea)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ئایسلەند (ayislend)
- Northern Kurdish: Îsland
- Kyrgyz: Исландия (ky) (İslandiya)
- Ladin: please add this translation if you can
- Ladino: Islandia, איסלאנדיה
- Lao: ໄອສແລນ (ʼais lǣn), ອິດສະລັງ (ʼit sa lang)
- Latgalian: Īslandeja f
- Latin: Īslandia (la) f (New Latin), Snēlandia f (New Latin)
- Latvian: Islande f, Īslande f
- Ligurian: Islanda f
- Limburgish: Iesland n
- Lingala: Islandi
- Lithuanian: Islandija (lt) f
- Livonian: Īsland
- Lombard: Islanda f
- Low German: Iesland (nds) n
- Dutch Low Saxon: Ieslaand n
- Luganda: Isilandi
- Luxembourgish: Island (lb) n
- Macedonian: И́сланд (mk) m (Ísland)
- Malay: Iceland (ms)
- Malayalam: ഐസ്ലാന്റ് (aislānṟŭ)
- Maltese: l-Iżlanda f
- Manipuri:
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: আইসল্যান্ড (āisalyānḍ)
- Manx: Yn Eeslyn f
- Māori: Tiorangi, Aihirana
- Marathi: आइसलँड (āislĕṇḍa)
- Mingrelian: ისლანდია (islandia)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: Исланд (mn) (Island)
- Mongolian script: ᠢᠰᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ (island)
- Nahuatl: Iztlālpan (nah)
- Nauruan: Aiterand
- Navajo: Tin Kéyah
- Nepali: आइसल्याण्ड (āisalyāṇḍa)
- Norman: Islande f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Island (no) n
- Nynorsk: Island (nn) n
- Occitan: Islàndia (oc) f
- Odia: ଆଇସଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (āisalyāṇḍa)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: Исландъ m (Islandŭ) (modern)
- Ossetian: Исланди (Islandi)
- Pashto: آيسلېنډ m (āyslenḍ), ايسلنډ (ayslanḍ)
- Pennsylvania German: Eisland n
- Persian:
- Dari: آیْسْلَنْد (āysland)
- Iranian Persian: ایسلند (fa) (island)
- Piedmontese: Islanda f
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Iseland
- Polish: Islandia (pl) f
- Portuguese: Islândia (pt) f
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਆਈਸਲੈਂਡ m (āīsalaiṇḍ)
- Western Punjabi: آئس لینڈ (pnb)
- Quechua: Islandya
- Romanian: Islanda (ro) f
- Romansh: Islanda f
- Russian: Исла́ндия (ru) f (Islándija)
- Rwanda-Rundi: Isilande
- Sami:
- Northern Sami: Islánda
- Skolt Sami: Islantt
- Samoan: 'Iselani
- Samogitian: Islandėjė f
- Sango: Ïsalândi
- Sanskrit: आइसलैंड (āisalaiṃḍa)
- Sardinian: Islanda f
- Scots: Iceland
- Scottish Gaelic: Innis Tìle f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Ѝсланд m
- Latin: Ìsland (sh) m
- Sicilian: Islanna (scn) f
- Silesian: Islandyjo f
- Sinhalese: අයිස්ලන්තය (si) (ayislantaya)
- Slovak: Island (sk) m
- Slovene: Islándija (sl) f
- Somali: Island
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Islandska f
- Upper Sorbian: Islandska f
- Spanish: Islandia (es) f
- Swahili: Aisilandi (sw)
- Swazi: Echweni
- Swedish: Island (sv) n
- Tagalog: Lupangyelo, Islandya
- Tajik: Исландия (tg) (Islandiya)
- Tamil: ஐசுலாந்து (aiculāntu), ஐஸ்லாந்து (aislāntu)
- Tatar: Исландия (İslandiyä)
- Telugu: ఐస్లాండ్ (te) (aislāṇḍ)
- Thai: ไอซ์แลนด์ (th) (áis-lɛɛn)
- Tibetan: ཨཡིསུ་ལེན་ཌ (.yisu len ḍa)
- Tigrinya: አይስላንድ (ʾäysəland)
- Tok Pisin: Aislan
- Turkish: İzlanda (tr)
- Turkmen: Islandiýa
- Udmurt: Исландия (Islanďija)
- Ukrainian: Ісла́ндія (uk) f (Islándija)
- Urdu: آئِس لَینْڈ m (āis lainḍ)
- Uyghur: ئىسلاندىيە (islandiye)
- Uzbek: Islandiya (uz)
- Venetan: Islanda f
- Veps: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: Ai-xơ-len, Băng Đảo (vi) (冰島)
- Volapük: Lisladeän (vo)
- Võro: Island'
- Votic: please add this translation if you can
- Wallisian: ʻAiselani
- Walloon: Izlande f
- Waray-Waray: Islandya
- Welsh: Gwlad yr Iâ (cy)
- West Flemish: (please verify) Ysland n
- Wolof: Islaand
- Yakut: Исландия (Islandiya)
- Yiddish: איסלאַנד n (island)
- Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) İslanda (diq)
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Scots
Proper noun
Iceland
- Iceland (an island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe; official name: Republic o Iceland)