English Explanatory Dictionary

Helluland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The name given by the Icelandic Norseman Leif Erikson to the portion of North America in modern-day Baffin Island, Canada when he arrived there circa 1000 CE.

Word forms

Helluland

Etymology

From Old Norse Helluland, coined by norse explorer Leif Erikson c. 1000 CE from hella (“flat stone”) + land (“land”).

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