Land

Meaning

  1. (neuter,strong) country (territory of a nation)
  2. (neuter,strong) state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
  3. (neuter,strong) land (real estate or landed property)
  4. (neuter,strong) land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
  5. (neuter,strong) country, countryside (rural area, as opposed to a town or city)

Concepts

country

land

state

earth

countryside

nation

ground

area

field

territory

soil

region

rural area

people

real estate

arable land

farmland

zone

terrestrial

county

terra

whole country

realm

terrain

community

city

place

town

village

district

province

cultivated field

campaign

drive

overland

wilderness

hotheaded

stubborn

counties

rural districts

domain

descent from heaven

having one’s own way

public

ruling power

world

cultivated land

fields

hometown

one’s origins

one’s past

one’s upbringing

shore

rural cottage

dirt

dust

fatherland

homeland

floor

plain

valley

piece

federal state

allotment

lot

plot

parts

sovereign state

free-range

rural

ambit

periphery

precinct

provinces

expanse

moor

Frequency

A1
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/lant/
Etymology

From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Compare Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).

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