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Iceland
Ice·land [ sslənd ] island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, 300 km (185 mi) east of Greenland and 1,000 km (620 mi) west of Norway.
Languages: Icelandic.
Currency: króna.
Capital: Reykjavik.
Population: 280,798 (2003).
Area: 103,000 sq km (39,800 sq mi.) 
Official name  Republic of Iceland

Ice·land·er [ sləndər ] noun
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