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Vinland definition

Vin·land (vin′lənd)

region, now believed to be part of North America, discovered by Norsemen led by Leif Ericson in c. 1000

Etymology: ON, lit., wine-land (after the wild berries or grapes discovered there)

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