Grenland

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === Greland, Græland, Grøland (1300-1400s) === Etymology === From Old Norse Grenland, from the stem of *grenir m pl +‎ land. The Grenir were the old tribe that would inhabit the area around the lake Norsjø, probably described by Jordanes as Granniī. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /¹ɡrɛnlan(d)/ === Proper noun === Grenland n a district of Southern Telemark, Norway ==== Related terms ==== grener Grenmar (“old name of the Langesundsfjord”) === References === Jørn Sandnes; Ola Stemshaug (1997), Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “Grenland”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡrěnland/ Hyphenation: Gren‧land === Proper noun === Grènland m inan (Cyrillic spelling Грѐнланд) Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America) ==== Declension ====