Iceland in other languages: Ísland, Reykjavík and the eight regions
Iceland calls itself Ísland, in full Lýðveldið Ísland, and ISO 3166-1 gives it the codes IS, ISL and 352. Below are the name in 187 languages, the capital Reykjavík in 65, the eight regions (landsvæði) with their main towns and the Icelandic text of the anthem.
Official languagesIcelandic (íslenska)
Checked
- alpha-2
- IS
- alpha-3
- ISL
- numeric
- 352
Lýðveldið Ísland
- English
- IcelandRepublic of Iceland
- Capital
- ReykjavíkReykjavík · Reykjavik
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026
Iceland (Ísland) in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Hausa | eng / hau | Iceland | same as written |
| Breton, Czech, Cornish, Danish, Estonian, Haitian Creole, Croatian, Norwegian, Slovak, Swedish, Võro, German, Luxembourgish | bre / ces / cor / dan / est / hat / hrv / nor / slk / swe / vor / deu / ltz | Island | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Galician, Indonesian, Javanese, Polish, Sicilian, Spanish | arg / ast / eus / glg / ind / jav / pol / scn / spa | Islandia | same as written |
| Corsican, Interlingua, Italian, Ladin, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Albanian, Sardinian | cos / ina / ita / lld / roh / ron / rup / sqi / srd | Islanda | same as written |
| French, Franco-Provençal, Friulian, Jersey Norman French, Kinyarwanda, Novial, Kirundi | fra / frp / fur / jnf / kin / nov / run | Islande | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak | crh / gag / kaa | İslandiya / Исландия | İslandiya |
| Faroese, Icelandic, Old Norse | fao / isl / non | Ísland | same as written |
| Bambara, Ganda | bam / lug | Isilandi | same as written |
| Catalan, Occitan | cat / oci | Islàndia | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian | dsb / hsb | Islandska | same as written |
| Finnish, Kven | fin / fkv | Islanti | same as written |
| Lithuanian, Slovenian | lit / slv | Islandija | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Ysland | same as written |
| Aymara | aym | Islandiya | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | İslandiya / Исландија | İslandiya |
| Bosnian | bos | Island / Исланд / اٖىسلاند | Island |
| Kashubian | csb | Islandzkô, Islandëjô | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Gwlad yr Iâ | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Islando | same as written |
| North Frisian | frr | Islönj | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Yslân | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Innis Tìle | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Íoslainn | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Eeslynn | same as written |
| Guarani | grn | Iylanda | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Izland | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Aisland | same as written |
| Greenlandic | kal | Islandimuit Nunaat, Islandi | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Island, Îsland | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Islandia, Glacialia | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Īslande | same as written |
| Limburgish, Low German | lim / nds | Iesland | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Islandi | same as written |
| Livonian | liv | Īsland | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Īslandeja | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Islandy | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Iżlanda | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Islanda / Исланда | Islanda |
| Maori | mri | Tiorangi | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Iceland / ايسلند | Iceland |
| Nahuatl | nah | Iztlālpan | same as written |
| Dutch | nld | IJsland | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Islaunde | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Islândia | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Islandya | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Island / इस्लान्द | Island |
| Sango | sag | Ïsländ | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Islandia / Исландиа | Islandia |
| Northern Sami | sme | Islánda | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Ėslandėjė | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Aiselani | same as written |
| Somali | som | Iislaand | same as written |
| Saterland Frisian | stq | Ieslound | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Aisilandi, Isilandi | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Islandja | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Izlándia | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Lupangyelo, Aisland, Islandya | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | ʻAisilani | same as written |
| Tok Pisin | tpi | Aislan | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Islandiýa / Исландия | Islandiýa |
| Turkish | tur | İslanda, İzlanda | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Islandiya / Исландия / ئىسلەندىيە | Islandiya |
| Veps | vep | Islandii | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Ai-xơ-len, Băng Đảo | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Lisladeän | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Izlande | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Islaand | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | İslanda | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Исландъ | Islandŭ |
| Abaza, Altai, Avar, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abq / alt / ava / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Исландия | Islandija |
| Chuvash, Ossetian | chv / oss | Исланди | Islandi |
| Macedonian, Mongolian | mkd / mon | Исланд | Island |
| Abkhaz | abk | Исландиа | Islandia |
| Bashkir | bak | Исландия / İslandiya | İslandiya |
| Belarusian | bel | Ісландыя / Isłandyja, Ісьляндыя / Iślandyja | Isłandyja, Iślandyja |
| Chechen | che | Исланди / Islandi | Islandi |
| Kazakh | kaz | Исландия / يسلانديا / Ïslandïya | Ïslandïya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Исландиэ | Islandiă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Исландия / ئسلاندىيا / İslandiya | İslandiya |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Исланди / Îslandî | Îslandî |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Исландий | Islandij |
| Rusyn | rue | Ісланд | Island |
| Serbian | srp | Исланд / Island | Island |
| Tatar | tat | Исландия / İslandiä / ئىسلاندىيە | İslandiä |
| Tajik | tgk | Исландия / ایسلندیه / Islandija | Islandija |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Ісландія | Islandija |
| Arabic | ara | آيسلندا, إيسلندا, إسلندا | Āyslandā, Īslandā, Islandā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ایسلاندییا / İslandiya | İslandiya |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | ئیسلەندا / Îslenda, ئایسلاند / Aysland | Îslenda, Aysland |
| Persian | fas | ایسلند / Island, آیسلند / Âysland | Island, Âysland |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | آئسلینڈ | Āʾislænḋ |
| Dari | prs | ایسلند, آیسلند | Aysland, Āysland |
| Pashto | pus | ايسلنډ, آيسلېنډ, آيسلېند | Ayslənḋ, Āyslenḋ, Āyslend |
| Uyghur | uig | ئىسلاندىيە / Islandiye / Исландия | Islandiye |
| Urdu | urd | آئسلینڈ, آئیسلینڈ | Āʾislænḋ, Āʾīslænḋ |
| Dhivehi | div | އައިސްލޭންޑް | Aislēnḋ |
| Hebrew | heb | איסלנד, איסלאנד | Īsland, Īslānd |
| Ladino | lad | איסלאנדיה / Islandia | Islandia |
| Yiddish | yid | איסלאַנד | Island |
| Amharic | amh | አይስላንድ | Ăysland |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Ισλανδία | Islandía |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Ἰσλανδία | Islandía |
| Armenian | hye | Իսլանդիա | Islandia |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ისლანდია | Islandia |
| Laz | lzz | ისლანდა / İslanda | İslanda |
| Hindi | hin | आइसलैंड | Āislæṃḍ |
| Nepali | nep | आइसल्याण्ड | Āislæṇḍ |
| Bengali | ben | আইসল্যাণ্ড, আইসল্যান্ড | Āislæṇḍ, Āislænḍ |
| Gujarati | guj | આઈસલેન્ડ | Āīslenḍ |
| Odia | ori | ଆଇସଲ୍ଯାଣ୍ଡ | Āislæṇḍ |
| Punjabi | pan | ਅਈਸਲੈਂਡ | Aīslæṃḍ |
| Sinhala | sin | අයිස්ලන්තය | Ayislantaya |
| Kannada | kan | ಐಸ್ಲೆಂಡ್ | Aisleṃḍ |
| Malayalam | mal | ഐസ്ലാന്ഡ് | Aislānḍ |
| Tamil | tam | ஐஸ்லாந்து | Aislāntu |
| Telugu | tel | ఐస్లాండ్ | Aislāṃḍ |
| Chinese | zho | 冰島/冰岛 | Bīngdǎo |
| Cantonese | yue | 冰島/冰岛 | Bìngdóu |
| Japanese | jpn | アイスランド | Aisurando |
| Korean | kor | 아이슬란드 | Aiseullandeu |
| Tibetan | bod | ཨཡིསུ་ལེན་ཌ། | Ayisu.len.ḍa |
| Dzongkha | dzo | ཨའིསི་ལེནཌ། | A'isi.lenḍ |
| Burmese | mya | အိုက်စလန် | Aiʿsálã |
| Thai | tha | ไอซ์แลนด์ | Ai[s]lǣn[d] |
| Lao | lao | ອິດສະລັງ | Itsalâṅ |
| Khmer | khm | អ៊ីស្លង់, អាយឡែន | Īslăṅ, Āyḷæn |
Ísland, Island, Islandia: the ice land in many spellings
The Icelandic name means what the English one does, land of ice, and most languages copy the Norse word and do not translate it. Faroese and Old Norse write it exactly like Icelandic, Ísland. German, the Scandinavian languages, Czech and Croatian drop the accent and write Island; Dutch has IJsland with its capital digraph, Frisian Yslân and Afrikaans Ysland. The Romance languages add a Latin ending: Islandia in Spanish and Polish, Islanda in Italian and Romanian, Islande in French, Islândia in Portuguese.
A few languages translate instead. Chinese calls the island 冰島, ice island (Bīngdǎo), Vietnamese has Băng Đảo beside the sound-based Ai-xơ-len, and Tagalog Lupangyelo, land of ice. The Celtic languages go their own way: Welsh Gwlad yr Iâ, the land of ice, and Scottish Gaelic Innis Tìle, the island of Thule. Latin lists Glacialia next to Islandia. Japanese, Korean and Thai borrow the English sound: アイスランド, 아이슬란드, ไอซ์แลนด์.
The capital keeps its Icelandic form in most Western languages, with the accent dropped. Others respell it by ear: Spanish Reikiavik, Portuguese Reiquejavique, Polish Rejkiawik, Latvian Reikjavīka and Irish Réicivíc.
Reykjavík in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | eng / fra / nor / swe / deu / ltz / nds | Reykjavik | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Reykyavik / Рејкјавик | Reykyavik |
| Bosnian | bos | Rejkjavik / Рејкјавик / رەيقياوٖىق | Rejkjavik |
| Esperanto | epo | Rejkjaviko | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Réicivíc | same as written |
| Galician | glg | Reiquiavik | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Reykjavík | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Reykyavîk | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Reikjavīka | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Reikjavikas | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Reykjavik / Рейкявик | Reykjavik |
| Malay | msa | Reykjavik / ريكياۏيك | Reykjavik |
| Polish | pol | Rejkiawik | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Reiquejavique | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | Reikiavic | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Rėikjavėks | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Reikiavik | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Reikiavike | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Reykyabik | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Reýkýawik / Рейкьявик | Reýkýawik |
| Uzbek | uzb | Reykyavik / Рейкьявик / رېيكيەۋىك | Reykyavik |
| Vietnamese | vie | Rây-gia-vích | same as written |
| Mongolian, Russian | mon / rus | Рейкьявик | Rejk'javik |
| Bashkir | bak | Рейкьявик / Reykyavik | Reykyavik |
| Belarusian | bel | Рэйк’явік / Rejkjavik | Rejkjavik |
| Bulgarian | bul | Рейкявик | Rejkjavik |
| Kazakh | kaz | Рейкьявик / رەيكياۆيك / Reykyavïk | Reykyavïk |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Рейкьявик / رەيكياۋىك / Reykyavik | Reykyavik |
| Serbian | srp | Рејкјавик / Rejkjavik | Rejkjavik |
| Tatar | tat | Рейкьявик / Reykyavik / رېيكياۋىك | Reykyavik |
| Tajik | tgk | Рейкявик / ریکیویک / Rejkjavik | Rejkjavik |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Рейк’явік | Rejk’javik |
| Arabic | ara | ريكيافيك | Raykyāfīk |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | رئیکیاویک / Reykyavik | Reykyavik |
| Persian | fas | ریکیاویک / Reykyâvik | Reykyâvik |
| Pashto | pus | رېکياويک | Rekyāwīk |
| Uyghur | uig | رېيكياۋىك / Réykyawik / Рейкьявик | Réykyawik |
| Urdu | urd | ریکیاویک | Rēkyāvīk |
| Hebrew | heb | רייקיאויק / רייקיאוויק / רייקייאוויק, רייקיאביק | Reyqyāvīq, Reyqyāṿīq |
| Yiddish | yid | רעקיאַװיק | Rekyavik |
| Amharic | amh | ሬይኪያቪክ | Reykiyavik |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell | Ρέυκιαβικ, Ρέικιαβικ | Réykiavik, Réikiavik |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell | Ρέϋκιαβικ, Ρεϋκιαβίκ, Ρέϋκγιαβικ, Ρεϋκγιαβίκ, Ρεϋκιαβέκ, Ρέϊκιαβικ | Réÿkiavik, Reÿkiavík, Réÿkgiavik, Reÿkgiavík, Reÿkiavék, Réïkiavik |
| Armenian | hye | Ռեյկյավիկ | Ṙeykyavik |
| Georgian | kat | რეიკიავიკი | Reikiaviki |
| Hindi | hin | रेक्याविक | Rekyāvik |
| Nepali | nep | रेकजाविक | Rekjāvik |
| Bengali | ben | রেইকিয়াভীক, রেইকিয়াভিক, রেইকজাভিক, রেইকজাবিক | Reikiyābʰīk, Reikiyābʰik, Reikjābʰik, Reikjābik |
| Gujarati | guj | રેકજાવિક | Rekjāvik |
| Punjabi | pan | ਰੀਏਕਜਾਵਿਕ | Rīekjāvik |
| Kannada | kan | ರೆಕ್ಜಾವಿಕ್, ರೆಕ್ಜವಿಕ್ | Rekjāvik, Rekjavik |
| Tamil | tam | ரெக்ஜவிக் | Rekjavik |
| Telugu | tel | రెక్జావిక్ | Rekjāvik |
| Chinese | zho | 雷克雅未克 | Léikèyǎwèikè |
| Japanese | jpn | レイキャヴィーク, レイキャビック | Reikyavīku, Reikyabikku |
| Korean | kor | 레이캬비크 | Reikyabikeu |
| Thai | tha | เรกยะวิก, เรคยาวิก | Rēkyawik, Rēkyāwik |
| Khmer | khm | រេក្យាវីក | Rekyāvīk |
The eight regions of Iceland (landsvæði) and their main towns
Iceland is divided into eight regions and, below them, into municipalities. Each region is given in Icelandic with its main town.
| ISO 3166-2 | Icelandic | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regions landsvæði8 | ||||
| IS-7 | Austurland | Eastern Region | EgilsstaðirEgilsstaðir | |
| IS-1 | Höfuðborgarsvæðið | Capital Region | ReykjavíkReykjavík | ISO writes Höfuðborgarsvæði |
| IS-6 | Norðurland eystra | Northeastern Region | AkureyriAkureyri | |
| IS-5 | Norðurland vestra | Northwestern Region | SauðárkrókurSauðárkrókur | |
| IS-8 | Suðurland | Southern Region | SelfossSelfoss | |
| IS-2 | Suðurnes | Southern Peninsula | KeflavíkKeflavík | |
| IS-4 | Vestfirðir | Westfjords | ÍsafjörðurÍsafjörður | |
| IS-3 | Vesturland | Western Region | BorgarnesBorgarnes | |
Codes: ISO 3166-2:IS on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from the English Wikipedia table that reproduces it on 28 October 2026. Icelandic names and main towns: the 2017 edition of this list.
Regions, codes and what ISO changed
The regions take their names from the points of the compass and the coast. Norðurland eystra and Norðurland vestra are the eastern and western parts of the North, Suðurnes the southern headlands around Keflavík, Vestfirðir the Westfjords and Höfuðborgarsvæðið simply the capital area. Their main towns run from Reykjavík and Akureyri down to small centres such as Borgarnes and Egilsstaðir.
ISO 3166-2 numbers the regions IS-1 to IS-8; a ninth code, IS-0, was deleted in 2015. In 2020 ISO added the municipalities as a second level with three-letter codes, so Reykjavík is now IS-RKV inside the capital region and Akureyri IS-AKU in Norðurland eystra. The list has been revised in 2021 and 2022 as small municipalities merged.
Lofsöngur, the national anthem of Iceland
The three stanzas of the Icelandic text.
- Ó, guð vors lands! Ó, lands vors guð! / Vér lofum þitt heilaga, heilaga nafn! / Úr sólkerfum himnanna hnýta þér krans / þínir herskarar, tímanna safn. / Fyrir þér er einn dagur sem þúsund ár / og þúsund ár dagur, ei meir: / eitt eilífðar smáblóm með titrandi tár, / sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr. / Íslands þúsund ár, / Íslands þúsund ár, / eitt eilífðar smáblóm með titrandi tár, / sem tilbiður guð sinn og deyr.
- Ó, guð, ó, guð! Vér föllum fram / og fórnum þér brennandi, brennandi sál, / guð faðir, vor drottinn frá kyni til kyns, / og vér kvökum vort helgasta mál. / Vér kvökum og þökkum í þúsund ár, / því þú ert vort einasta skjól. / Vér kvökum og þökkum með titrandi tár, / því þú tilbjóst vort forlagahjól. / Íslands þúsund ár / Íslands þúsund ár / voru morgunsins húmköldu, hrynjandi tár, / sem hitna við skínandi sól.
- Ó, guð vors lands! Ó, lands vors guð! / Vér lifum sem blaktandi, blaktandi strá. / Vér deyjum, ef þú ert ei ljós það og líf, / sem að lyftir oss duftinu frá. / Ó, vert þú hvern morgun vort ljúfasta líf, / vor leiðtogi í daganna þraut / og á kvöldin vor himneska hvíld og vor hlíf / og vor hertogi á þjóðlífsins braut. / Íslands þúsund ár / Íslands þúsund ár / verði gróandi þjóðlíf með þverrandi tár, / sem þroskast á guðsríkis braut.
Questions about the names of Iceland
What is Iceland called in Icelandic?
Ísland. The official name is Lýðveldið Ísland, the Republic of Iceland, and the adjective is íslenskur.
How is Reykjavík written in other languages?
Mostly as Reykjavik without the accent. Spanish writes Reikiavik, Polish Rejkiawik, Russian Рейкьявик and Chinese 雷克雅未克.
What are the ISO codes of Iceland?
IS, ISL and 352 in ISO 3166-1. The regions are IS-1 to IS-8 in ISO 3166-2.