Meaning of Greekland | Babel Free

Definitions

The land of the Greeks; Greece: A country in Southeast Europe

nonstandard, rare

Examples

“Once on a time fared he in a ship to Greekland, for that there was a king's daughter on whom he had set⟳ his mind⟳, […]”

“Scores of the old rune-stones speak⟳ of the Warings and Captains and Shipmen (and perhaps, now and then, Merchants or Pilgrims going to or from the Holy Land⟳) who served "in Greece", "in Greekland", who "gained wealth in Greece", who "died in Greekland", who were mere "Greek farers", visited "Greek Havens" &c. in the 10th, 11th, 12th centuries.”

“They speak⟳ about men who perished on Viking expeditions to faraway countries — westward to England, most especially eastward to Gardarike (the present⟳ Russia), to Greekland (the lands comprising the Byzantine Empire), to Sarkland (the Mohammedan countries about the Black Sea), to Jorsalaland (Jerusalem), to Langbardaland (the present⟳ Italy).”

“Nowhere do we find⟳ that 'Epirus' means Greekland. If 'Epirus' could thus most conveniently be stretched to mean⟳ Greekland, then the world would forever be faced with a chaotic situation.”

“She was a prize. She was Jaederborn, but her mother had been captured in Greekland.”

“Atheling to the heaven-king. Shepherd of Greekland Harrower of Annwn.”

“The huge river Danube runs between Saxland and Greekland.”

“Not all of the treasures of Birka and Gotland are below the ground. Rune stones dot the landscape, carved with memorials of journeys to far places –Semgall and Courland (Latvia), Wendland (Poland), Virland (Estonia), Gardariki (Russia), Greekland (more particularly, the Byzantine Empire centred on Constantinople), and Serkland, the land⟳ of the Saracens.”

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