Jutland

American  

[juht-luhnd] / ˈdʒʌt lənd /

noun

1. a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark: naval battle between the British and German fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. 11,441 sq. mi. (29,630 sq. km).

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Jutland British  

/ ˈdʒʌtlənd /

noun

1. Danish name: Jylland. a peninsula of N Europe: forms the continental portion of Denmark and geographically includes the N part of the German province of Schleswig-Holstein, while politically it includes only the mainland of Denmark and the islands north of Limfjorden; a major but inconclusive naval battle was fought off its NW coast in 1916 between the British and German fleets

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Other Word Forms

• Jutlander
  noun
• Jutlandish
  adjective
• post-Jutland
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Jutland

The region was also the site of the Battle of Jutland, fought off Hanstholm in Northern Jutland.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

“I had learned the hard way,” she writes, that “just because you travel for hours to North Jutland, it doesn’t guarantee you’ll see North Jutlandic butterflies.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"For now, calm prevails in North Jutland, but we are taking the weather forecast very seriously," police wrote in a statement.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

The North Jutland Police released a statement saying they were monitoring the situation at Aalborg closely but could not elaborate on how many drones were involved.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

The opposing forces in the battle of Jutland were as follows: 1.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various