Åland

See also: Aland, aland, Alánd, and Áland

English

Alternative forms

• Aland

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Åland.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːlənd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑlənd/

Proper noun

Åland

1. An archipelago in the Baltic Sea
2. A region of Finland, consisting of the Aland archipelago.

Derived terms

• Alander

Translations

archipelago

• Asturian: Islles Åland (ast)
• Bulgarian: Оланд m (Oland)
• Czech: Ålandy (cs), Alandy (cs)
• Danish: Ålandsøerne c pl
• Dutch: Åland (nl)
• Estonian: Ahvenamaa (et)
• Faroese: Áland n
• Finnish: Ahvenanmaa (fi), Ahvenanmaan saaristo, Oolanti pl
• French: les îles d’Åland, Åland (fr)
• Georgian: ალანდი (alandi), ალანდის კუნძულები (alandis ḳunʒulebi)
• German: Åland (de) n
• Greek: Άαλαντ n (Áalant), Ώλαντ (el) n (Ólant)
• Icelandic: Álandseyjar f pl, Áland n
• Japanese: オーランド諸島 (Ōrando-shotō)
• Macedonian: Оланд m (Oland)
• Northern Sami: Ålánda
• Norwegian: Åland
• Polish: Wyspy Alandzkie (pl) nvir
• Portuguese: Alanda f
• Russian: Ала́ндские острова́ (ru) m pl (Alándskije ostrová), Ала́нды (ru) m pl (Alándy)
• Slovak: Ålandy m pl, Alandy f pl
• Swedish: Åland (sv), Ålands skärgård

province

• Asturian: Islles Åland (ast)
• Estonian: Ahvenamaa (et), Ahvenamaa maakond
• Finnish: Ahvenanmaa (fi), Ahvenanmaan maakunta
• French: Åland (fr)
• Polish: Wyspy Alandzkie (pl) nvir
• Portuguese: Alanda f
• Russian: Ала́ндские острова́ (ru) m pl (Alándskije ostrová), Ала́нды (ru) m pl (Alándy)
• Swedish: Åland (sv), Landskapet Åland

References

• “Åland Islands”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• Landa, N.D. Ala., Nadal, Ndala

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Áland.

Proper noun

Åland

1. Åland, Åland Islands; An autonomous province in Finland. Swedish speaking group of islands between Finland and Sweden.

   Synonym: Ålandsøerne

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Aaland, Aland

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːˌlɑnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Åland n (adjective Ålands, demonym Ålander m or Ålandse f)

1. Åland

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːlant]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Åland n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ålands)

1. Åland

   Synonym: Ålandinseln

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse Áland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːlɑn/

Proper noun

Åland

1. Åland

Related terms

• ålandsk
• ålending

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse Áland.

Proper noun

Åland

1. Åland

Related terms

• ålandsk
• ålending

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Áland.

Pronunciation

• (Central Sweden) IPA^(key): /ˈoːˌland/, [ˈoːˌl̪and]
• (Finland) IPA^(key): /ˈoːlɑnd/

Proper noun

Åland n (genitive Ålands)

1. Åland

Descendants

• → Finnish: Oolanti

Anagrams

• lådan, lånad