SJAELLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sjaelland mean? 

• SJAELLAND (noun)
  The noun SJAELLAND has 1 sense:

1. the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen

  Familiarity information: SJAELLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SJAELLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Seeland; Sjaelland; Zealand

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (members of "Sjaelland"):

Zealander (a native or inhabitant of Zealand)

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

Danmark; Denmark; Kingdom of Denmark (a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea)

 Context examples 

A country in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn).

(Denmark, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)