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.

Vinland

/ ˈvaɪnlənd; ˈvɪnlənd /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Some scientists believe L’Anse aux Meadows might have been part of a larger area in eastern Canada called Vinland.

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L’Anse aux Meadows might have been part of Vinland, a region in what’s now eastern Canada that is described in 13th century Icelandic texts as having been settled by Vikings.

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Here they settled for a time, and finding vines in the country, they named it Vinland.

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

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The expedition which now set out for Vinland was on a much larger scale than any of the expeditions which had preceded it.

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A boat was immediately sent for them, and great was the interest manifested by all on board to learn the news of Vinland.

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Thus did Thorward and Freydissa fall out, and thus were they reconciled, on the first day in their new home in Vinland.

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