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Ice·lan·dic
/ īsˈlandik/
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adj.
of or relating to Iceland or its language.
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n.
the North Germanic language of Iceland, which is very similar to Old Norse.
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ICELAND: RULING COALITION DISAGREES OVER EMISSIONS QUOTA
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 11/21/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...English News Wire 11-21-2007 REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Nov. 19, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Members of Iceland's ruling coalition are at odds over the...Protocol provision that currently allows Iceland to increase rather than decrease its greenhouse...
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Iceland's new terms get frosty response: suppliers have reacted angrily to Iceland's 90-day payment plans. Will they put up a fight or take them on the chin?(analysis)
Magazine article from: Grocer; 12/15/2007; ; 700+ words
; Iceland's decision to extend its payment terms...mean they have to wait double the time for Iceland to pay invoices, causing potential cashflow...costs are soaring. Some have written to Iceland insisting they will not accept the terms...
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ICELAND: COMMERCIAL WHALE HUNTERS WAIT FOR GO-AHEAD.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 6/20/2007; 700+ words
; By Lowana Veal REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Jun. 19, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Commercial whale hunters in Iceland are waiting to learn whether the region...sold. No whales have been caught under Iceland's commercial whaling program since October...
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ICELAND: ACTIVISTS HOPE TO FOIL ALUMINUM INDUSTRY EXPANSIONS.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 12/6/2006; 700+ words
; ...are becoming increasingly concerned that Iceland will soon have more aluminum plants than...disruptive climate change. The agency Iceland News Briefs reports that "the emissions...announced its intention to reopen an office in Iceland. The company had earlier proposed to...
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Iceland appears ready to share the cost of defending the island
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/10/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Worldstream 03-10-2006 Dateline: REYKJAVIK, Iceland For the first time since Iceland gained independence more than 60 years ago, it...from the United States, which has long provided Iceland with its only military forces. During the Cold...
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ICELAND: ACTIVISTS HOPE TO FOIL ALUMINUM INDUSTRY EXPANSIONS
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 12/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...are becoming increasingly concerned that Iceland will soon have more aluminum plants than...disruptive climate change. The agency Iceland News Briefs reports that "the emissions...announced its intention to reopen an office in Iceland. The company had earlier proposed to...
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Iceland Telecom Selects FORE Systems Solution For Advanced Public Service Network.
PR Newswire; 3/9/1999; 700+ words
; ...performance networking equipment for Iceland Telecom's new national multiservice...Karl Bender, head of data networks at Iceland Telecom. Bender said the new network...network will carry high-speed traffic from Iceland Telecom's current frame relay network...
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Iceland's parliament votes to join EU
News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/16/2009; 700+ words
; Iceland's parliament has narrowly voted to apply...independence in the name of stability. Members of Iceland's parliament, the Althingi, voted 33...to start membership talks with the EU. Iceland's buccaneering Viking spirit took a battering...
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Iceland cools, raising worry of wider chill
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 4/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...investors lured by its high interest rates, Iceland has quickly morphed into a European mini...ceramics created by local artists. But Iceland's ascent has hit a speed bump in the...If nothing else, the analysts say, Iceland's own economy could be in for a rough...
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Iceland guarantees deposits to get loans
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/17/2008; ; 700+ words
; Iceland moved to secure $6 billion in loans to...Monetary Fund agreed last month to lend Iceland $2.1 billion (1.7 billion euros...approval stalled because Britain argued Iceland needed to first pay back its citizens...
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Iceland Moss
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Iceland moss Description Iceland moss ( Cetraria islandica ) is a lichen (a moss-like plant...ground in mountains, forests, and arctic areas. In addition to Iceland, the lichen is found in Scandinavia, Great Britain, North America...
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Iceland
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Iceland area: 103,000 sq km (39,768 sq mi...Reykjavík . Land and climate Iceland sits astride the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...wells up to fill the gap in the centre of Iceland. Iceland has around 200 volcanoes and...
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Iceland, U.S. Forces in
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
ICELAND, U.S. FORCES IN ICELAND, U.S. FORCES IN. After the invasion of Norway and Denmark in April 1940, Great Britain realized that Germany might take over Iceland. Therefore, on 10 May 1940 the British occupied the island without...
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Iceland spar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Iceland spar colorless variety of crystallized calcite , characterized by its properties...microscopes and other optical instruments. The principal deposit is in Iceland, but small quantities are found in other countries, including the United...
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Iceland low
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
Iceland low A low-pressure system in a region of the North Atlantic in which such...pressure is low. Any one of these systems may be called ‘an Iceland low’, but the term is used mostly to describe the general statistical...
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