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

Sweden joined Nato in March, becoming the alliance's 32nd member, and it has beefed up its military presence on the Baltic island of Gotland in the past two years.

From BBC • May 22, 2024

Their research is based on data from the medical records of more than 6,000 children in Region Gotland between 2016 and 2022.

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

The country consisted of upright strata of Silurian limestone running from east to west, and at certain places containing fossils resembling those of Gotland.

From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882