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Althing

/ˈɔːl.θɪŋ/

Althing proper noun: the national parliament of Iceland.

Proper noun

Althing

  1. The national parliament of Iceland.
  2. (UK, dialectal) An autonomous assembly, for example, as advocated in the Shetland Movement.

Althing meaning in Tamil

Althing in Tamil

ஐஸ்லாந்தின் சட்டமன்றம்

Forms of Althing

alternative formAllthing

Origin of Althing

Borrowed from Icelandic Alþingi, from Old Norse alþingi, from allr (“all”) + þing (“Thing”). Compare Thing, thing.

Questions about Althing

What does Althing mean?
Althing means the national parliament of Iceland.
What is Althing in Tamil?
Althing in Tamil is ஐஸ்லாந்தின் சட்டமன்றம். See Althing meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Althing?
Althing is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Althing?
Althing is pronounced /ˈɔːl.θɪŋ/.

Words near Althing in the dictionary

  1. altheas
  2. altheine
  3. althesin
  4. Althia
  5. althiazide
  6. Althing
  7. althiomycin
  8. althist
  9. althistories
  10. althistory
  11. althists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Althing (page history and authors); Althing (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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