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Vinland

/ˈvɪnlənd/

Vinland proper noun: the name given by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Erikson to the portion of North America in modern-day Newfoundland, Canada when he arrived there circa 1000 AD.

Proper noun

Vinland

  1. The name given by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Erikson to the portion of North America in modern-day Newfoundland, Canada when he arrived there circa 1000 AD.

Forms of Vinland

alternative formVineland
alternative formWinland
alternative formWineland

Origin of Vinland

From Old Norse, coined c. AD 1000 by Leif Ericson, but of uncertain meaning because vowel length was not marked in early texts. It can therefore be either Vínland (“Wineland”) (from vín (“wine”)) or Vinland (“meadowland”) (from vin (“meadow, pasture”)).

Words formed from Vinland

Words that rhyme with Vinland

Questions about Vinland

What does Vinland mean?
Vinland means the name given by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Erikson to the portion of North America in modern-day Newfoundland, Canada when he arrived there circa 1000 AD.
What part of speech is Vinland?
Vinland is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Vinland?
Vinland is pronounced /ˈvɪnlənd/.

Words near Vinland in the dictionary

  1. Vink
  2. Vinkemeier
  3. Vinkemeiers
  4. Vinkovci
  5. Vinks
  6. Vinland
  7. Vinlandic
  8. Vinluan
  9. Vinluans
  10. vinnewed
  11. vinnexin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Vinland (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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