Sjælland

Danish
Sjælland er Danmarks største ø - Zealand is the largest island of Denmark

Etymology

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Old Norse Selund, a compound from selr (seal) and -und, which is an Indo-European suffix for place names. Selund means place with seals. The later name was Sjóland, which changed the meaning to "sea-land".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sjɛland/, [ˈɕɛˌlanˀ]

Proper noun

Sjælland n

  1. Zealand (the largest island of Denmark)

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

From Danish Sjælland.

Noun

Sjælland m (genitive Sjællandu) declension pattern dub

  1. Zealand

Declension
Declension of Sjælland
singulare tantum
nominative Sjælland
genitive Sjællandu
dative Sjællandu
accusative Sjælland
locative Sjællande
instrumental Sjællandom
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