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Ice·land

Iceland

 
pronunciation:
aIs lnd
part of speech: noun
definition: Iceland is an island country in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean. Iceland is not really a land of ice. There are mountains and volcanoes and also land for raising sheep and for farming. Fishing and farming are important in Iceland, but many people there have jobs making products to sell in other countries. The language the people speak in Iceland is called Icelandic.
 
derivation: Icelander (n.)