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

Derived Forms

• Gottlander
  noun
• Gotlander
  noun

Example Sentences

The next day the ship sailed over the cable off of Gotland, and its dragging anchor severed it.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

The latest such breach was reported last month near Gotland - Sweden's largest island.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025

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 congress which was to have been held in Lubeck to discuss his claim to Gotland had been indefinitely postponed.

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