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Greekland

name

Etymology

From Middle English Greclond, Griclond, Griccland, from Old English Grēcland (“Greece”), equivalent to Greek + -land. Compare West Frisian Grikelân (“Greece”), Dutch Griekenland (“Greece”), German Griechenland (“Greece”), Danish Grækenland (“Greece”), Norwegian Bokmål Grekenland (“Greece”) (archaic, replaced by “Hellas”), Norwegian Nynorsk Grekland (“Greece”) (archaic, replaced by “Hellas”), Swedish Grekland (“Greece”), Icelandic Grikkland (“Greece”).

  1. inherited from Grēcland — “Greece”
  2. inherited from Greclond

Definitions

  1. The land of the Greeks

    The land of the Greeks; Greece: A country in Southeast Europe

    • Once on a time fared he in a ship to Greekland, for that there was a king's daughter on whom he had set his mind, […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA