a peninsula of N Europe: forms the continental portion of Denmark and geographically includes the N part of the German province of Schleswig-Holstein, while politically it includes only the mainland of Denmark and the islands north of Limfjorden; a major but inconclusive naval battle was fought off its NW coast in 1916 between the British and German fleets
Danish name: Jylland
Jutland in American English
(ˈdʒʌtlənd)
peninsula of N Europe that forms the mainland of Denmark & the N part of the Germanstate of Schleswig-Holstein