New Zealand

New Zealand (a country and archipelago in Oceania, to the east of Australia)


Bahrain

Bahrain (an archipelago, island, and country in Western Asia, in the Persian Gulf)


Bahamas

Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)


Cuba

Cuba (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Jamaica

Jamaica (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Kiribati

Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)


Malta

Malta (an island country in Southern Europe)

Malta (The largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)


Tonga

Tonga (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Barbados

Barbados (an island and country in the Caribbean)


Tuvalu

Tuvalu (a country and archipelago in Polynesia in Oceania)


Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)


Fiji

Borrowed from Fijian Viti, from Proto-Central Pacific *viti "east, sunrise".

Fiji (a country and archipelago of over 300 islands in Melanesia in Oceania)


Samoa

Samoa (A country consisting of the western part of the Samoan archipelago in Polynesia, in Oceania)


England

(informal, somewhat dated) Great Britain (an island in Western Europe)

(informal, somewhat dated) United Kingdom (a country in Western Europe)


London

London (the capital city of the United Kingdom; capital city of England)


Edinburgh

Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland)


Indonesien

Indonesia (a country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia)


Gibraltar

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)


Island

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)


Hongkong

Hong Kong (a city, island, and special administrative region in southeastern China)


Irland

Inherited from Old Norse Írland, from Írar m pl (“Irishmen”), see irer.

Irland er en ø og et land i Vesteuropa.

Ireland is an island and a country in Western Europe.


Grønland

[ˈɡ̊ʁɶnˌlænˀ]

From grøn (“green”) + land, from Old Norse Grǿnland (“Greenland”).

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)


Cypern

Via German Zypern and Latin Cyprus from Ancient Greek Κύπρος (Kúpros)

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


Madagaskar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Trinidad og Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago#English

Republikken Trinidad og Tobago
Republikken Trinidad og Tobago#English

Trinidad and Tobago (a country consisting of two main islands in the Caribbean; official name: Republikken Trinidad og Tobago)


Kap Verde

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Nordirland

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland#English

Northern Ireland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom; capital: Belfast)


Korsika

administrative region
administrative region

Corsica (an island, department, and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia)


Bornholm

From Old Norse Burgundaholmr, a name meaning something like "high or mountainous hill/island," ultimately from or related to Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain, hill”) and *hulmaz (“hill, island”). Some believe the tribe name *bergundijô is derived from this place. More at Bornholm.

der

Bornholm (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Baltic Sea)


Fyn

Funen (the third largest island of Denmark)

Sjælland

Zealand or Sealand; the largest island of Denmark

Jutland north of the Limfjord

Jylland nord for Limfjorden; the second largest island of Denmark


Mykines

Mykines (the westernmost of the 18 main islands of the Faroe Islands)


Amerikansk Samoa

American Samoa (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United States in Polynesia)


Sjælland

Uncertain. Possibly from Old Norse Selund, a compound from selr (“seal”) + the suffix -und (“suffix for placenames”), thus meaning place with seals. The later name was Sjóland, which changed the meaning to "sea-land;" see sær (“sea”). More at Zealand.

Zealand (the largest island of Denmark).


Færøerne

→ Dutch: Faeröer

→ Dutch Low Saxon: Faeröer

desctree

→ Italian: Fær Øer
Sardinian: Fær Øer
Sicilian: Ìsuli Fær Øer
Venetan: Ixołe Fær Øer

[ˈfɛɐ̯ˌøːˀɐnə]


Kreta

[ˈkʰʁ̥ɛːtˢa]

[ˈkʰʁ̥æːtˢa]

Via German Kreta and Latin Crēta from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).


Tasmanien

Tasmania (an island and state of Australia)


Sardinien

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


Storbritannien

From stor (“great”) + Britannien. Calque of English Great Britain.


Sicilien

Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


Lolland

Lolland (the fourth-largest island of Denmark)


Femern

Fehmarn (German island in the Baltic Sea)


Samsø

[ˈsɑmˀˌsøːˀ]

Samsø (an island in Denmark, lying within the Kattegat)


Marshalløerne

From Marshall and øerne (“the islands”).

Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands#English:_Q709

Marshall Islands (A country consisting of two archipelagos in Micronesia, in Oceania)


Britannien

(historical) Britannia (province of the Roman Empire)


Themsen

Thems (indefinite)
Thems (indefinite nominative singular)
Themsen (definite nominative singular)
Themss (genitive indefinite singular)
Themsens (definite genitive singular)

Via German Themse from Middle English, Old English Temese, from Latin Tamesis.


Comorerne

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Læsø

Læsø (an island and municipality of Denmark, in the Kattegat)


skærgård

head

skærgård c (singular definite skærgården, plural indefinite skærgårde)

skærgården (definite singular)
skærgårde (indefinite plural)

/skɛːrɡɔːˀr/

[ˈsɡ̊ɛɐ̯ˌɡ̊ɒˀ]

Equivalent to skær (“rock, skerry”) + gård (“yard”), from Old Norse skergarðr. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk skjergard, Norwegian Bokmål skjærgård and Swedish skärgård.

coastal archipelago (with rocks or skerries, especially with reference to Sweden or Norway)


Falster

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”).

Falster (an island in south-east Denmark).


Falklandsøerne

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands#English:_Q9648

Falkland Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic)


Salomonøerne

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q685

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands#English:_Q148966

Solomon Islands (A country consisting of the majority of the Solomon Islands archipelago in Melanesia, in Oceania, as well as the Santa Cruz Islands)

Solomon Islands (An archipelago in Melanesia, split between the countries of the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea)


Bjørneøen

Definite form; from bjørn (“bear”) + ø (“island”).

Bear Island (an island in Svalbard, Norway)