Land
Meaning
- (neuter,strong) country (territory of a nation)
- (neuter,strong) state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy)
- (neuter,strong) land (real estate or landed property)
- (neuter,strong) land (part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
- (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
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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