Öland

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Öland. Doublet of island.

Proper noun

Öland

1. The second-largest island of Sweden.
2. a province (landskap) in Sweden

Translations

island

• Afrikaans: Öland
• Danish: Øland, Öland
• Estonian: Öland
• Finnish: Öölanti (fi)
• French: Öland
• Icelandic: Eyland n
• Old English: Eowland n
• Swedish: Öland (sv)

Estonian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈøːlɑnd̥/, [ˈøːlɑnd̥]
• Rhymes: -øːlɑnd
• Hyphenation: Ö‧land

Proper noun

Öland (genitive Ölandi, partitive Ölandit)

1. Öland

Declension

Declension of Öland (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Öland	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Ölandi
genitive			—
partitive		Ölandit	—
illative		Ölandisse	—
inessive		Ölandis	—
elative		Ölandist	—
allative		Ölandile	—
adessive		Ölandil	—
ablative		Ölandilt	—
translative		Ölandiks	—
terminative		Ölandini	—
essive		Ölandina	—
abessive		Ölandita	—
comitative		Ölandiga	—

French

Proper noun

Öland ?

1. Öland

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, ö +‎ land.

Debated origin.

• Either inherited from Old Swedish øland (“island”), then cognate with English island.
• Or compound of ø (“island”) +‎ land (“land; province”), in the sense "the land of the island". Compare with Södermanland.

Earliest known form attested since 1283 as Medieval Latin Ølandia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Öland n (genitive Ölands)

1. Öland; Sweden's second largest island
2. a province (landskap) in Sweden

Anagrams

• lönad, ödlan