outland

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
2. Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.
3. Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.

Noun

Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.

Verb

To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.

Sinonieme

abroad

émigré

expatriate

foreign countries

foreign country

Vertalings

أجنبي

estranger

Ausland

étranger

estero

estrangeiro

exilado

extranjero

emigrante

expatriado

Gekoppel as

out‧land

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: outland

Geërf van Old English: ūtland

In summary

From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (“outland”), equivalent to out- + land. Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland, Danish udland.
The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, 華僑 / 华侨 (huáqiáo).