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- proper noun The name given by the
Icelandic Norseman Leifur Eiríksson to the portion ofNorth America in modern-dayLabrador ,Canada when he arrived therecirca 1000 AD.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then he came to a {20} flat country with white beaches of sand, which he called Markland because it was so well wooded.
Canada J. G. Bourinot
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Standing out to sea again, they reached a level wooded country with white sandy cliffs, which they called Markland, or Land of
Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Complete Filson Young 1907
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Standing out to sea again, they reached a level wooded country with white sandy cliffs, which they called Markland, or Land of
Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery — Volume 1 Filson Young 1907
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Standing out to sea again, they reached a level wooded country with white sandy cliffs, which they called Markland, or Land of Wood, which is our Nova Scotia.
Christopher Columbus Young, Filson 1906
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It may be fairly assumed, however, that the rocky land was the coast of Labrador; the low-lying forest-clad shores which Ericson called Markland was possibly the southeastern part of Cape Breton or the southern coast of Nova Scotia; Vinland was very likely somewhere in
Canada J. G. Bourinot
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Leif's booths, which Leif had erected in the unknown land called Markland, which may or may not have been Rhode Island, the Skroelings -- and the Lord
Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Karlsefne, that nine hundred years ago when Karlsefne's galleys came to Leif's booths, which Leif had erected in the unknown land called Markland, which may or may not have been Rhode Island, the
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The corps called the Markland gate failure a unique occurrence.
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The corps called the Markland gate failure a unique occurrence.
News for NBC4i.com 2009
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Was it Thorwald, Leif's brother, or the mother of Snorri, first white child born in America, who caught first glimpse through the flying spray of Labrador's domed hills, -- "Helluland, place of slaty rocks"; and of Nova Scotia's wooded meadows, -- "Markland"; and Rhode Island's broken vine-clad shore, -- "Vinland"?
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