iceland

UK /ˈaɪs.lənd/ US /ˈaɪs.lənd/

name 1noun 1

Definitions

name

An island and country in the North Atlantic Ocean in Europe.

The good news headline from Donald Trump’s trip to Davos was that he seemed to rule out force for now in his urgent quest to acquire Greenland. The bad news: he started talking about Iceland as well.

noun

A land or region of icy terrain.

They are also drilling oil in the icelands up there, exactly like we are not. Where we think we cannot go, they are up in their icelands drilling great, great new oil production.

Collocations

ADJ.

fantastic, long, many, minimum, still, used

Iceland has fantastic opportunities for seeing the Northern Lights during winter months.

VERB + ICELAND

am, come, lived, smoke, started, stops, talking, time

I came to Iceland five years ago and never wanted to leave.

ICELAND + NOUN

denmark, problems, sland, volcanoes

Iceland's volcanoes have fascinated geologists and tourists from all around the world for centuries.

PREP.

about, from, in, into

We flew from Iceland back to London after spending two wonderful weeks exploring the country.

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Wiktionary

They are also drilling oil in the icelands up there, exactly like we are not. Where we think we cannot go, they are up in their icelands drilling great, great new oil production.

Wiktionary

Iceland used to belong to Denmark.

Tatoeba · #72065

There's a volcano emitting masses of smoke in Iceland.

Tatoeba · #275999

Iceland belonged to Denmark.

Tatoeba · #424864

All of them are from Iceland.

Tatoeba · #554445

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