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what are they?

• michael_dorfman 16y ago
  Iceland, Norway and Spain are all incorrect. Iceland has nothing to do with ice; in old Norse it is "Island", and means (duh) "island." Norway has nothing to do with "way"; the Norwegian name for Norway is Noreg or Norge (depending on the language form you use) and in either case means "Northern Kingdom/Reich". In the case of Spain, they have picked the most provocative way to phrase one of the more unlikely etymologies. And that's just on first glance.