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Althing en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɔːl.θɪŋ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic Alþingi, from Old Norse alþingi, from allr (“all”) + þing (“Thing”). Compare Thing, thing.

Meanings

  1. The national parliament of Iceland.
  2. (UK, dialectal) An autonomous assembly, for example, as advocated in the Shetland Movement.

Forms

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Translations (4)

pt Althing (the national parliament of Iceland) · da Alting (the national parliament of Iceland) · de Althing (the national parliament of Iceland) · pt Alting (the national parliament of Iceland)