Althing

Meaning

Proper Noun

The national parliament of Iceland.
An autonomous assembly, for example, as advocated in the Shetland Movement.

Origin

Borrowed from Icelandic Alþingi, from Old Norse alþingi, from allr + þing. Compare Thing, thing.

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