Land

Pronunciation: /lant/

“Land” is a German word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

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

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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