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Greekland

Greekland proper noun: the land of the Greeks; Greece: A country in Southeastern Europe.

Proper noun

Greekland

  1. (nonstandard, rare) The land of the Greeks; Greece: A country in Southeastern Europe
    • Once on a time fared he in a ship to Greekland, for that there was a king's daughter on whom he had set his mind, […]1842, The Prose Or Younger Edda
    • Scores of the old rune-stones speak of the Warings and Captains and Shipmen (and perhaps, now and then, Merchants or Pilgrims going to or from the Holy Land) who served "in Greece", "in Greekland", who "gained wealth in Greece", who "died in Greekland", who were mere "Greek farers", visited "Greek...1884, George Stephens, The Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England

Examples of Greekland in a sentence

  • Nowhere do we find that 'Epirus' means Greekland.1968, Nelo Drizari, Scanderbeg:
  • She was Jaederborn, but her mother had been captured in Greekland.2000, Lars Walker, The Year of the Warrior:
  • The huge river Danube runs between Saxland and Greekland.2005, Atanas Orachev, Bulgaria in the European Cartographic Concepts Until XIX Century:

Origin of Greekland

From Middle English Greclond, Griclond, Griccland, from Old English Grēcland (“Greece”), equivalent to Greek + -land. Compare West Frisian Grikelân (“Greece”), Dutch Griekenland (“Greece”), German Griechenland (“Greece”), Danish Grækenland (“Greece”), Norwegian Bokmål Grekenland (“Greece”) (archaic, replaced by “Hellas”), Norwegian Nynorsk Grekland (“Greece”) (archaic, replaced by “Hellas”), Swedish Grekland (“Greece”), Icelandic Grikkland (“Greece”).

Questions about Greekland

What does Greekland mean?
Greekland means the land of the Greeks; Greece: A country in Southeastern Europe.
How do you use Greekland in a sentence?
Nowhere do we find that 'Epirus' means Greekland.
What part of speech is Greekland?
Greekland is a proper noun.

Words near Greekland in the dictionary

  1. Greekists
  2. Greekize
  3. Greekized
  4. Greekizes
  5. Greekizing
  6. Greekland
  7. Greekless
  8. Greeklessness
  9. Greeklike
  10. Greekling
  11. Greeklings

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