Althing

//ˈɔːl.θɪŋ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The national parliament of Iceland.
  2. 2
    An autonomous assembly, for example, as advocated in the Shetland Movement. British, dialectal

Etymology

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

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