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—Jutlander, n. —Jutlandish, adj./jut"leuhnd/, n.a peninsula comprising the continental portion of Denmark: naval battle between the British and German fleets was fought west of this peninsula 1916. 11,441 sq. mi. (29,630 sq. km). Danish, Jylland.
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Peninsula, northern Europe.Forming the Danish mainland and the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, it is bounded to the west and north by the North Sea. Politically, its name applies only to the mainland of Denmark. It has an area of 11,496 sq mi (29,775 sq km) and is divided into several administrative regions. In World War I, the Battle of Jutland was fought off its coast.* * *
projection of northern Europe forming the continental portion of Denmark. The peninsula is bounded to the west and north by the North Sea and the Skagerrak and to the east by the Kattegat and the Little Belt. The Chersonesus Cimbrica, or Cimbric Chersonese, of ancient geography, it was subsequently named for the Jutes (a Germanic people) and includes, in its larger sense, the German state of Schleswig-Holstein (q.v.). Politically, as the result of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, Jutland ends southward at Flensborg Fjord and includes the islands north of the Limfjorden. It has an area of 11,496 square miles (29,775 square km). It is divided into seven administrative amtskommuner (county communes), of which the southernmost, Sønderjyllands, coincides with the former North Slesvig. Pop. (1989 est.) 2,373,555.* * *
Universalium. 2010.
