There are numerous different names for Iceland, which have over the years appeared in poetry or literature.
In Icelandic Many names have been used to refer to Iceland in the Icelandic language. These names include colloquial, formal, and poetic forms: Eylenda , fem.island Stephan G. Stephansson Fjarst í eilífðar útsæ vakir eylendan þín. Far in the eternal yonder sea your island wakes. Fjalladrottning , fem.queen of the mountain Fjallkonan , fem. with definite article—lady of the mountain Frón , neu.old Norse word for land Heima á Fróni. Garðarshólmi , masc.Iceland, named after Gardar Svavarsson Hrímey , fem. Hrímgrund , fem. Hrímland , neu.the book Crymogaea occasionally uses "Hrímland" Ísafold , neu. Ísaland , neu. ...og flykkjast heim að fögru landi Ísa. Ísland Iceland's official and most common name Jökulmær , fem.Young woman of the glacier, Iceland Klakinn , mascliterally the iceberg or the ice cover Norðurey , fem.literally meaning "northern island" Skerið , neuliterally the skerry Snjóland , neu.Snowland Snæland , neu.the name that the Viking Naddoddr reputedly gave to Iceland in the 9th century meaning "snow land" Thule, neu.some scholars claim Iceland was the land of ThuleStrabo, Geographica, book 2, chapter 5, start of paragraph 8: Ὁ μὲν οὖν Μασσαλιώτης Πυθέας τὰ περὶ Θούλην τὴν βορειοτάτην τῶν Βρεττανίδων ὕστατα λέγει, παρ' οἷς ὁ αὐτός ἐστι τῷ ἀρκτικῷ ὁ θερινὸς τροπικὸς κύκλος· "Pytheas of Massalia therefore chooses the furthest regions around Thule, [which is] the most northern of the lands around Britain, around which the "summer turning circle" [= the line of celestial latitude where the sun turns at midsummer] is the same as the Arctic Circle.", which may refer to the sun being circumpolar at midsummer.Strabo 1.4.2: ἥν φησι Πυθέας ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς Βρεττανικῆς ἓξ ἡμερῶν πλοῦν ἀπέχειν πρὸς ἄρκτον, ἐγγὺς δ᾽ εἶναι τῆς πεπηγυίας θαλάττης : "[Thule] which Pytheas says is a six days’ sail north of Britain, and is near the frozen sea." Týli , neu.Thule Þyli , neu.Thule
Icelanders also have several nicknames for themselves, including Frónbúi or Frónverji ("an inhabitant of Frón") and Landi ("fellow countryman").
In Latin Iceland has prominently been called by three names in Latin: Islandiadirectly from Icelandic language "Ísland" Snelandiaa Latinization of the more poetic name Snæland Insula Gardariliterally meaning "Island of Garðar", compare Garðarshólmi
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External links "How did Iceland get its name?" – Iceland Review