outland

Nghĩa

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.

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out‧land

Từ nguyên

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).