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Quenland

Quenland is the alternative form of Kvenland.

Meaning of Kvenland

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

Questions about Quenland

What is Quenland the alternative form of?
Quenland is the alternative form of Kvenland.

Words near Quenland in the dictionary

  1. quenepas
  2. quenes
  3. Queniborough
  4. quenk
  5. quenks
  6. Quenland
  7. Quenneville
  8. Quennevilles
  9. quenouille
  10. quenouille training
  11. quenouilles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Quenland (page history and authors); Kvenland (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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