Helleland

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²hɛlːəlan(d)/

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse Helluland, from hella (“flat stone, slab”) +‎ land (“land”).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Helleland n

  1. Helluland, likely the area of modern day Baffin Island

Etymology 2

From Old Norse *Helluland, from hella (“flat stone, slab”) +‎ land (“land”).

Proper noun

Helleland n

  1. A farm in Grimstad, Agder, Norway

Etymology 3

From Old Norse *Helliland, from hellir (“cave”) +‎ land (“land”). Doublet of Helland.

Pronunciation
  • (Eigersund) IPA(key): /²hɛlːelanː/, (older) /²hɛdlanː/

Proper noun

Helleland n

  1. A church site in Eigersund, Rogaland, Norway
  2. A farm in Etne, Hordaland, Norway
  3. a surname
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