Historical Examples. 1  She had a hiccough and drops of blood oozed from the corners of her mouth. 2  Ernest turned a chuckle into a hiccough and followed Roger over to the well. 3  From across the room sounded a hiccough that ended in a dry hacking cough. 4  He say, Again mon frien' ees wrong;O-u-g-h is 'up' In hiccough..
Tectonic plates in Iceland. The tectonic plates whose turbulent interactions formed Iceland, are the Eurasian tectonic plate and the North American tectonic plate. Spanning the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Iceland emerged as a result of the divergent, spreading, boundary between these two plates and the activity of IcelandÂ´s own hotspot or mantle plume.
Located in the continent of Europe, Iceland covers 100,250 square kilometers of land and 2,750 square kilometers of water, making it the 108th largest nation in the world with a total area of 103,000 square kilometers. Iceland was founded as a distinct and original nation in 1944. The population of Iceland is 313,183 (2012) and the nation has a density of 3 people per square kilometer. The currency of Iceland is the Iceland Krona (ISK). As well, the people of Iceland are refered to as Icelandic.