iceland

Other forms of iceland

plural

icelands·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about iceland

What does iceland mean?

iceland means "an island republic on the island of Iceland; became independent of Denmark in 1944". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in iceland?

iceland has 2 syllables: ice-land. The stress falls on "ice". In IPA it is /ˈaɪslənd/.

What is another word for iceland?

Close synonyms include Republic of Iceland. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is iceland a common word?

iceland is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.