Gotland

American  

[got-luhnd, gawt-luhnd, gawl-luhnd] / ˈgɒt lənd, ˈgɔt lʌnd, ˈgɔl lʌnd /

Or Gottland

noun

1. an island in the Baltic, forming a province of Sweden. 1,212 sq. mi. (3,140 sq. km). Visby.

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Gotland British  

/ ˈɡɒtlənd, ˈɡɒθlənd, ˈɡɔtlant, ˈɡɒtlənd /

noun

1. an island in the Baltic Sea, off the SE coast of Sweden: important trading centre since the Bronze Age; long disputed between Sweden and Denmark, finally becoming Swedish in 1645; tourism and agriculture now important. Capital: Visby. Pop: (including associated islands) 57 677 (2004 est). Area: 3140 sq km (1212 sq miles)

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Other Word Forms

• Gotlander
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• Gottlander
  noun

Example Sentences

Swedish authorities had seized the Malta-flagged Vezhen when damage to the underwater fibre-optic cable linking the Swedish island of Gotland to Ventspils in Latvia was discovered on January 26.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

Early on 17 November, the Arelion cable between the Swedish island of Gotland and Lithuania was damaged.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

This is shown by two studies based on more than 6,000 children carried out by researchers at Uppsala University in cooperation with Region Gotland.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

The next year, a regiment on Sweden’s strategically important Baltic Sea island of Gotland, northwest of the Russian territory of Kaliningrad, was reestablished after being disbanded in 2005.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

On the 8th of May Gustavus despatched his fleet, eight thousand strong, to Gotland.

From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Watson, Paul Barron