Eystrasaltsland

Icelandic

Etymology

From Eystrasalt (Baltic sea) + land (country). Eystrasalt means “Eastern ocean”; salt is here a poetic reference to an ocan.

Noun

Eystrasaltsland n

  1. a Baltic state (Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania)

Usage notes

Usually always in the plural with a definite article: Eystrasaltslöndin (the Baltic states).

Declension

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