"Heligoland" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈhɛlɪɡə(ʊ)ˌlənd/ [UK], /ˈhɛlɪɡoʊlænd/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Heligoland.wav
Etymology: Second element is land, first element of disputed origin: * From German heilig (“holy”), as in Middle High German Heiligland (“holy land”) * From the North Frisian for high, similar to Hallig; hinted by the Heligolanders' self-designation of Halunder. * Related to the legendary hero Helgi, identical to the Old Norse name Helgi. More at Heligoland. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|heilig|t=holy}} German heilig (“holy”), {{der|en|gmh|Heiligland|t=holy land}} Middle High German Heiligland (“holy land”), {{der|en|frr|-}} North Frisian, {{der|en|non|-}} Old Norse Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Heligoland
  1. A small island in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in the North Sea Wikipedia link: Heligoland Categories (place): Islands, Places in Germany, Places in Schleswig-Holstein Synonyms: Helgoland Derived forms: Heligoland trap Translations (island): Հելգոլանդ [Helgoland] (Armenian), Helgoland [neuter] (Danish), Helgoland [neuter] (Dutch), Hellegolaand [neuter] (Dutch Low Saxon), Heligoland [feminine] (French), Helgoland [neuter] (German), Fostelandia [feminine] (Latin), Helgolandia [feminine] (Latin), Terra sacra [feminine] (Latin), Farria [feminine] (Latin), Helgoland [German-Low-German, neuter] (Low German), Halaglun [neuter] (North Frisian), Deät Lun (North Frisian), Heliglön (North Frisian), Helgoland (Norwegian Bokmål), Helgoland (Norwegian Nynorsk), Helgoland [feminine] (Portuguese), Heligoland [feminine] (Portuguese), Ге́льголанд (Gélʹgoland) [masculine] (Russian), Хе́льголанд (Xélʹgoland) [masculine] (Russian), Hälgelound (Saterland Frisian), Helgoland [neuter] (Swedish), Helgolân [neuter] (West Frisian), העלגאָלאַנד (helgoland) [neuter] (Yiddish)

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.