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(Redirected from Names for Iceland)
Numerous names for the country Iceland
Icelanders also have several nicknames for themselves, including Frónbúi[ˈfrounˌpuːɪ] or Frónverji[ˈfrounˌvɛrjɪ] ("an inhabitant of Frón") and Landi[ˈlantɪ] ("fellow countryman").
In Latin
Iceland has prominently been called by three names in Latin:
Islandia – directly from Icelandic language "Ísland"
Snelandia – a Latinization of the more poetic name Snæland
Insula Gardari – literally meaning "Island of Garðar", compare Garðarshólmi
Strabo, 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, the most northern of the lands around Britain, around which the "summer turning circle" 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 : " which Pytheas says is a six days’ sail north of Britain, and is near the frozen sea."
