ICELAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Iceland mean? 

• ICELAND (noun)
  The noun ICELAND has 2 senses:

1. an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944

2. a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle

  Familiarity information: ICELAND used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ICELAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Iceland; Republic of Iceland

Instance hypernyms:

European country; European nation (any one of the countries occupying the European continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Iceland"):

capital of Iceland; Reykjavik (the capital and chief port of Iceland on the southwestern coast of Iceland; buildings are heated by natural hot water)

Meronyms (members of "Iceland"):

Icelander (a native or inhabitant of Iceland)

Holonyms ("Iceland" is a part of...):

Iceland (a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle)

Europe (the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use 'Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles)

Holonyms ("Iceland" is a member of...):

NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)

Derivation:

Icelander (a native or inhabitant of Iceland)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Iceland"):

Iceland; Republic of Iceland (an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944)

Holonyms ("Iceland" is a part of...):

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)

Derivation:

Icelander (a native or inhabitant of Iceland)

 Context examples 

The heat source, Loose and team note, is about half that of the active volcano Grímsvötn, in Iceland.

(Previously unsuspected volcanic activity confirmed under West Antarctic Ice Sheet at Pine Island Glacier, National Science Foundation)

The researchers studied the Borgarhraun eruption of the Theistareykir volcano in northern Iceland, which occurred roughly 10,000 years ago, and was fed directly from the Moho.

(‘Crystal clocks’ used to time magma storage before volcanic eruptions, University of Cambridge)

The presence of walruses in Iceland in the past and their apparent disappearance as early as the Settlement and Commonwealth periods (A.D. 870–1262) have long puzzled biologists.

(Extinction of Icelandic walrus coincides with Norse settlement, National Science Foundation)

Norway and Iceland allow hunting in their territorial waters.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

Surtsey is an island that began forming during a similar kind of explosive, marine eruption off the coast of Iceland in 1963.

(NASA Shows New Tongan Island Made of Tuff Stuff, Likely to Persist Years, NASA)

An island group between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland to Norway.

(Faroe Islands, NCI Thesaurus)

An Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic (Scandinavian) branch; the official language of Iceland.

(Icelandic Language, NCI Thesaurus)

Iceland specialises in this type of eruption – the last example occurred in 2015, and it affected air quality 1400 kilometres away in Ireland.

(Volcanic eruption influenced Iceland’s conversion to Christianity, University of Cambridge)

In fact, we see the exact opposite in countries like Ireland, Cyprus, Portugal and Iceland.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

The team of scientists looked at the most harmful weather-related disasters — heat waves, cold snaps, wildfires, droughts, floods and windstorms — across the European Union, plus Switzerland, Norway and Iceland.

(Study: Climate Change Will Bring 50-Fold Rise in Europe Weather-related Deaths, VOA News)