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Iceland definition

Ice·land (īs′lənd)

  1. island in the North Atlantic, southeast of Greenland
  2. country including this island & a few small nearby islands: settled by Norwegians in 9th cent. ; united with Norway (1262), with Denmark (1380); became an independent kingdom with a common sovereign with Denmark (1918), and an independent republic (1944): 39,758 sq mi (102,973 sq km); pop. 229,000; cap. Reykjavik

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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