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Icelander

/ˈaɪs.lənd.ə/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A person of a North Germanic ethnic group native to Scandinavia, comprising the ethnic majority of Iceland.

Etymology / origin

From Iceland + -er. Displaced older Middle English Iselandman (“Icelander”, literally “Iceland man, Iceland person”).

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