General Reference
- Pronunciation:
- Common English country name: Iceland
- Official English country name: The Republic of Iceland
- Common endonym(s): Ísland
- Official endonym(s): Lýðveldið Ísland
- Adjectival(s): Icelandic
- Demonym(s): Icelander(s)
- Etymology: Name of Iceland
- ISO country codes: IS, ISL, 352
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:IS
- Internet country code top-level domain: .is
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