Vinland
a region in E North America variously identified as a place between Newfoundland and Virginia: visited and described by Norsemen about a.d.
- Also Vineland.
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How to use Vinland in a sentence
Here they settled for a time, and finding vines in the country, they named it Vinland.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe BancroftThorstein, Eric's third son, soon afterwards set out in the same ship for Vinland, to fetch his brother's body.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe BancroftThe expedition which now set out for Vinland was on a much larger scale than any of the expeditions which had preceded it.
The Norsemen in the West | R.M. BallantyneA boat was immediately sent for them, and great was the interest manifested by all on board to learn the news of Vinland.
The Norsemen in the West | R.M. BallantyneThus did Thorward and Freydissa fall out, and thus were they reconciled, on the first day in their new home in Vinland.
The Norsemen in the West | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for Vinland
Vineland (ˈvaɪnlənd)
/ (ˈvɪnlənd) /
the stretch of the E coast of North America visited by Leif Ericson and other Vikings from about 1000 ad
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