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Ice·land (īs'lənd)
An island country in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle. Norse settlers
arrived c. 850-875, and Christianity was introduced c. 1000. Iceland passed to
Norway in 1262 and, with Norway, to Denmark in 1380. In 1918 it became a
sovereign state still nominally under the Danish king, until Icelanders voted
for full independence in 1944. Reykjavík is the capital and the largest city.
Population: 302,000. The American Heritage® Dictionary
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