— Icelander /uys"lan'deuhr, -leuhn deuhr/ , n.
/uys"leuhnd/ , n.
1. a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
2. a republic including this island and several smaller islands: formerly Danish; independent since 1944. 272,550. Cap.: Reykjavik.