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Kvenland

Kvenland proper noun: an ancient area of Fennoscandia and Scandinavia.

Proper noun

Kvenland

  1. (historical) An ancient area of Fennoscandia and Scandinavia.
    • “Nurse,” said Torfrida to the old Lapp woman […] “I will make a charm that will bring him to you, were all the icebergs of Quenland between you and him[.]”1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 10, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 166

Forms of Kvenland

alternative formQvenland
alternative formQuenland
alternative formCwenland
alternative formKænland

Origin of Kvenland

Possibly Old English cwēn and land. Compare Kven.

Questions about Kvenland

What does Kvenland mean?
Kvenland means an ancient area of Fennoscandia and Scandinavia.
What part of speech is Kvenland?
Kvenland is a proper noun.

Words near Kvenland in the dictionary

  1. kvelled
  2. kvelling
  3. kvells
  4. Kvemo Kartli
  5. Kven
  6. Kvenland
  7. Kvens
  8. Kvernvik
  9. kvetch
  10. kvetched
  11. kvetcher

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