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... ICELAND , Ice- landic LÝDHVELDIDH ÍSLAND , island country in the North Atlantic Ocean , lying between Norway and ... Iceland's nearest European neighbour is Scotland in the United Kingdom , lying about 500 mi southeastward . Its rugged ...
... ICELAND , Ice- landic LÝDHVELDIDH ÍSLAND , island country in the North Atlantic Ocean , lying between Norway and ... Iceland's nearest European neighbour is Scotland in the United Kingdom , lying about 500 mi southeastward . Its rugged ...
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Iceland , National Church of 234 by 1980. More than half the population lives in Reykjavík and the surrounding area . Economy . A free market economy predom- inates in Iceland , although government - owned industry was increasing in the ...
Iceland , National Church of 234 by 1980. More than half the population lives in Reykjavík and the surrounding area . Economy . A free market economy predom- inates in Iceland , although government - owned industry was increasing in the ...
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... Icelandic language , Icelandic ISLENSK , na- tional language of Iceland ; it belongs ( with Norwegian and Faeroese ) to the West Scan- dinavian group of North Germanic languages and developed from the Norse speech brought by settlers ...
... Icelandic language , Icelandic ISLENSK , na- tional language of Iceland ; it belongs ( with Norwegian and Faeroese ) to the West Scan- dinavian group of North Germanic languages and developed from the Norse speech brought by settlers ...
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