Vinland

[ vin-luhnd ]

noun
  1. a region in E North America variously identified as a place between Newfoundland and Virginia: visited and described by Norsemen about a.d.

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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.

  • Thorstein, Eric's third son, soon afterwards set out in the same ship for Vinland, to fetch his brother's body.

  • The 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. Ballantyne
  • A 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. Ballantyne
  • Thus 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

Vinland

Vineland (ˈvaɪnlənd)

/ (ˈvɪnlənd) /


noun
  1. the stretch of the E coast of North America visited by Leif Ericson and other Vikings from about 1000 ad

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