Definition of Iceland in English:
Iceland
An island country in the North Atlantic; population 329,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Icelandic; capital, Reykjavik.
冰岛（北大西洋岛国，2009年估计人口306, 700，官方语言冰岛语，首都雷克雅未克；冰岛语名ISLAND ）Icelandic name Island
Iceland lies just south of the Arctic Circle, and only about 20 per cent of the land area is habitable. Situated at the north end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it is volcanically active. First settled by Norse colonists in the 9th century, Iceland was under Norwegian rule from 1262 to 1380, when it passed to Denmark. Granted internal self-government in 1874, it became a fully fledged independent republic in 1944
Definition of Iceland in US English:
Iceland
An island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, just south of the Arctic Circle, at the northern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, volcanically active, only about 20 percent habitable; population 329,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Reykjavik; official language, Icelandic.
Icelandic name Island
First settled by Norse colonists in the 9th century, Iceland was under Norwegian rule from 1262 to 1380, when it passed to Denmark. Granted internal self-government in 1874, it became a fully fledged independent republic in 1944. In 2010, volcanic eruptions in Eyjafjalljökull, an ice cap in southern Iceland, caused major disruptions of air travel across much of Europe