Definition of Ericsson, Leif in English:
Ericsson, Leif
(also Eriksson, Ericson)
proper nounˈɛrɪks(ə)nˈɛrɪksən
(970–1020), Norse explorer, son of Eric the Red. He sailed westward from Greenland (c.1000) and visited land variously identified as Labrador, Newfoundland, or New England, which he named Vinland because of the vines he claimed to have found growing there.
Definition of Ericsson, Leif in US English:
Ericsson, Leif
(also Ericson, Eriksson)
proper nounˈɛrɪksənˈeriksən
Norse explorer; son of Eric the Red. He sailed west from Greenland (c.1000) and reputedly discovered land (variously identified as Labrador, Newfoundland, or New England), which he named Vinland because of the vines he claimed to have found growing there.