Helgoland

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English

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Proper noun

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Helgoland

  1. Alternative form of Heligoland

Danish

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Proper noun

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Helgoland

  1. Heligoland
  2. Used in various phrases as a bowdlerization of helvede.

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛl.ɣoːˌlɑnt/
  • Hyphenation: Hel‧go‧land

Proper noun

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Helgoland n

  1. Heligoland

German

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Etymology

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Possibly from the phrase heiliges Land (holy land) and related to the island's consecration to Forseti.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛlɡoˌlant/
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Proper noun

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Helgoland n (proper noun, genitive Helgolands or (optionally with an article) Helgoland)

  1. Heligoland (an archipelago in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in the North Sea)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

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Helgoland

  1. Heligoland
  2. Used in various phrases as a bowdlerization of helvete.
    Hva i Helgoland?
    What the heck?
    (literally, “What in Heligoland?”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

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Helgoland

  1. Heligoland

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Helgoland f

  1. Alternative form of Heligoland