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land en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

lănd
[lænd] (Received-Pronunciation)
[ɫeə̯nd] ~ [ɫɛə̯nd] (US)
[læ(ː)nd] (Canada)
[land] (British, Southern, Standard)
[ɫɛə̯nd] (Canada)
/lænd/
[ɫänd] (Scotland)
[lɛnd] (New-Zealand)
(US) audio
[læːnd] ~ [lɛːnd] ~ [leːnd] (Australia)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognates Cognate with Scots laund (“land”), Yola lhoan, lloan, loan, londe, lone (“land”), North Frisian loun, luin, lun, Lön, lönj, löön (“land”), Saterland Frisian Lound (“land”), West Frisian lân (“land”), Limburgish Land, landj, Laïnt (“land”), Dutch land (“land, country”), Luxembourgish and German Land (“land, country, state”), Vilamovian łaond (“land”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish land (“land, country, shore, territory”). Non-Germanic cognates include Old Irish lann (“heath”), Welsh llan (“enclosure”), Breton lann (“heath”), Old Church Slavonic лѧдо (lędo), from Proto-Slavic *lędo (“heath, wasteland”), French lande (“heath”) and Albanian lëndinë (“heath, grassland”).

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
- Most insects live on land.
(countable, uncountable) Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
- There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
(countable, uncountable) A country or region.
- They come from a faraway land.
(countable, uncountable) A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
(countable, uncountable) The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
- wet land
- good or bad land for growing potatoes
(countable, in-compounds, often, uncountable) Realm, domain.
- Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.
- I'm going to Disneyland.
(countable, uncountable) The ground left unploughed between furrows.
(countable, uncountable) Any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.
(Ireland, colloquial, countable, uncountable) A shock or fright.
- He got an awful land when the police arrived.
(countable, uncountable) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.
(countable, uncountable) On a compact disc or similar recording medium, an area of the medium which does not have pits.
- Now, assume that the recording is being done with 100 grooves per inch, and that the record groove is .006 inch wide. This means that the land on either side on any given groove in the absence of sound waves is .004 inch. 1935, H. Courtney Bryson, The Gramophone Record, page 72:
(countable, uncountable) The non-airline portion of an itinerary. Hotel, tours, cruises, etc.
- Our city offices sell a lot more land than our suburban offices.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) The ground or floor.
- her selfe vppon the land / She did prostrate 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 7:
(countable, uncountable) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of plates in an iron vessel; called also landing.
(countable, uncountable) In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows.
(countable, uncountable) In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, such as the level part of a millstone between the furrows. ▸ The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.
- The human eye is a precision instrument. It can detect grooves and lands on a slug more efficiently than any computer. 2012 November 15, “One Way to Get Off”, in Elementary, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller):
- The FBI maintains a database, the General Rifling Characteristics (GRC) file, which is organized by caliber, number of lands and grooves, direction of twist, and width of lands and grooves, to help an examiner figure out the origin of a recovered bullet. 2008 August 1, Lisa Steele, “Ballistics”, in Eric York Drogin, editor, Science for Lawyers, American Bar Association, page 16:
(Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable) A group of dwellings or tenements under one roof and having a common entry.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
lands	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (503)

lld tera (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sl zemlja (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · af land (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ta நாடு (country or region) · mos tenga (country or region) · es terruño (real estate or landed property) · gur tɩŋa (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · mr भूमी (country or region) · esu nuna (country or region) · es fundo (real estate or landed property) · mh bwiddik (real estate or landed property) · nv kéyah (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · lt kraštas (country or region) · kdd manta (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fr terre (real estate or landed property) · ca terra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ang land (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · hi भूमि (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · bcl daga (ground that is suitable for farming) · ja 領土 (country or region) · ru земля́ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · is land (country or region) · pt terra (someone's homeplace) · bg страна́ (country or region) · uk су́ша (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · rm terra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · gur tɩŋa (country or region) · myv мастор (country or region) · lv zeme (country or region) · ar بِلَاد (country or region) · fi tasanko (in a compact disc, area which does not have pits) · de Vaterland (someone's homeplace) · ota تراب (country or region) · ast suqueru (ground that is suitable for farming) · bg позе́млена со́бственост (real estate or landed property) · mr जमीन (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · th ประเทศ (country or region) · mnc ᠨᠠ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · gu જમીન (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ko 조국 (someone's homeplace) · pl kraj (country or region) · es terruño (country or region) · ms nasional (country or region) · mg tany (country or region) · bn জমি (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · rsk жем (country or region) · stq Lound (country or region) · el εκτάσεις (real estate or landed property) · rm tiara (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fy lân (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ja 国家 (country or region) · sh pósjed (real estate or landed property) · it terreno (ground that is suitable for farming) · mg tanindrazana (someone's homeplace) · ko 토지 (real estate or landed property) · frr lönj (country or region) · lv sauszeme (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sq tokë (country or region) · lt sausuma (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · nay ruwe (country or region) · ny dzíko (country or region) · apw kiiya (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · it appezzamento (ground that is suitable for farming) · cu землꙗ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · gl terra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · id bumi (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ota ایل (country or region) · frr Lun (country or region) · sco laund (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ast fundu (real estate or landed property) · mn шороо (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · osx land (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · frr lun (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (country or region) · cs vlast (someone's homeplace) · th เมือง (country or region) · fr pays (someone's homeplace) · ota ناحیه (country or region) · gd tìr (country or region) · mr जमीन (real estate or landed property) · nl land (someone's homeplace) · de Land (real estate or landed property) · gl terra (country or region) · lkt makȟóčhe (country or region) · km បទេស (country or region) · esu nuna (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ko 육지 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ru край (country or region) · km ដី (ground that is suitable for farming) · fo jørð (ground that is suitable for farming) · fi maa (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fr terrain (real estate or landed property) · yrl retama (country or region) · sh по́сед (real estate or landed property) · ttj ensi class 9 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · tl lupain (real estate or landed property) · cr ᐊᐢᑭᕀ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · haw ʻāina (real estate or landed property) · tr arazi (ground that is suitable for farming) · za dieg (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ast país (country or region) · kxd darat (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · eo lando (country or region) · nv kéyah (country or region) · cy tir (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · kmr welat (country or region) · apw bíniʼ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · da land (country or region) · hu föld (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · id darat (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sq tokë (real estate or landed property) · ar بَلَد (country or region) · yue 國家 /国家 (country or region) · nl vaderland (someone's homeplace) · tzm ⴰⴽⴰⵍ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · orv землꙗ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ast terrén (real estate or landed property) · ja 土地 (real estate or landed property) · ebk lota (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ro teren (real estate or landed property) · fi kotimaa (someone's homeplace) · km ប្រទេស (country or region) · grc χώρα (country or region) · kea txon (real estate or landed property) · ja 祖国 (someone's homeplace) · sv land (country or region) · is jörð (ground that is suitable for farming) · tr ülke (country or region) · ca terreny (real estate or landed property) · mn орон (country or region) · lt žemė (real estate or landed property) · nah tlali (real estate or landed property) · vi quốc gia (country or region) · de Länder (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · bg земя́ (country or region) · ru недви́жимость (real estate or landed property) · be зямля́ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sh kȍpno (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · pa ਜ਼ਮੀਨ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · uk краї́на (country or region) · fr contrée (country or region) · bn দেশ (country or region) · gmw-rfr Lond (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · dlg һир (country or region) · ru земля́ (country or region) · ru страна́ (country or region) · ms bumi (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ar يابِسة (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · xto ype (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · qu hallpa (country or region) · ro pământ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · guq waxu (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ba ҡоро ер (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fa-ira کِشْوَر (country or region) · oj ᐊᐦᑭ (country or region) · chy ho'e (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ko 나라 (country or region) · ast campa (real estate or landed property) · cmn 土地 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fo land (country or region) · pt pátria (someone's homeplace) · ar أَرْض (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · mzn سامون (country or region) · ba ер (real estate or landed property) · sq truall (real estate or landed property) · nl land (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · chr ᎦᏙᎯ (ground that is suitable for farming) · ja 国土 (country or region) · ast finca (real estate or landed property) · bn জমিন (real estate or landed property) · hy ցամաք (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · uga 𐎀𐎗𐎕 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sq vend (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · nb land (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · et maa (real estate or landed property) · ko 뭍 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ru земля́ (real estate or landed property) · kxd tanah (real estate or landed property) · qu allpa (ground that is suitable for farming) · ne जमिन (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · frr lönj (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ca terra (real estate or landed property) · ro pământ (real estate or landed property) · lb Land (country or region) · izh maa (real estate or landed property) · scn terra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · lo ພູ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · de Land (ground that is suitable for farming) · sh zèmlja (ground that is suitable for farming) · alt јер (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · pt terra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · si රට (country or region) · ro țară (country or region) · sq vend (someone's homeplace) · ar بَرّ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fi maa (country or region) · gmw-rfr Lond (real estate or landed property) · ko 땅 (country or region) · min tanah (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · mk земја (country or region) · pot ke (country or region) · el γαίες (real estate or landed property) · bni mokili (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · la patria (someone's homeplace) · km ដី (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · yi לאַנד (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ckb خاک (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · mh aelōn̄ (someone's homeplace) · cy gwlad (country or region) · cy tir (country or region) · lt šalis (country or region) · frr Lun (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · pot ke (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · lv cietzeme (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · bn জমি (ground that is suitable for farming) · bg земя́ (real estate or landed property) · my နိုင်ငံ (country or region) · jv lemah (ground that is suitable for farming) · izh maa (country or region) · ja 陸地 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · arz أرض (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sd ملڪ (country or region) · ka ხმელეთი (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · om lafa (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · apw bíniʼ (real estate or landed property) · vi đất (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · es predio (real estate or landed property) · oc tèrra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · bn জমিন (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sh по́сјед (real estate or landed property) · haw honua (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · gur tẽŋa (country or region) · th ดิน (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · lo ເມືອງ (country or region) · sm fanua (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sh pósed (real estate or landed property) · fi johdinkuvio (electronics: conducting area on a board or chip) · twf pǫ̏ʼóna (country or region) · otw ki (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · xdq гамза (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ast tierra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · mn газар (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fy lân (country or region) · fa-ira سامان (country or region) · qu marka (country or region) · yi לאַנד (country or region) · nci tlalli (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · cu землꙗ (country or region) · nl trek (space between the rifling grooves in a gun) · ru земе́льная со́бственность (real estate or landed property) · ckb وڵات (country or region) · khb ᦡᦲᧃ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · cmn 陸地 /陆地 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · eo grundo (ground that is suitable for farming) · mh āne (country or region) · bcl daga (real estate or landed property) · ig ala (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · mos tẽnga (country or region) · sh zèmlja (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · co paesu (country or region) · id tanah (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · de Länder (ground that is suitable for farming) · io lando (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · tew nan (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fo land (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ms darat (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · txb yapoy (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · my ကုန်း (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · nl land (real estate or landed property) · sk vlasť (someone's homeplace) · fr patrie (someone's homeplace) · ast barrial (ground that is suitable for farming) · haw ʻāina (country or region) · mr देश (country or region) · sh зѐмља (country or region) · ja 不動産 (real estate or landed property) · ast patria (someone's homeplace) · id negara (country or region) · yi יבשה (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · pt propriedade (real estate or landed property) · fr terre (ground that is suitable for farming) · he יַבָּשָׁה (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · bho जमीन (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sc terra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · pt país (country or region) · ms tanah (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · su lemah (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · wym łaond (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ca terra (country or region) · jv siti (ground that is suitable for farming) · mzn زمین (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sh ко̏пно (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · vec tera (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · mk земја (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ast tierra (country or region) · cs země (country or region) · ro uscat (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ko 땅 (real estate or landed property) · af land (country or region) · be зямля́ (country or region) · bn ভূমি (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · izh maa (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · bg земя (ground that is suitable for farming) · es baldío (real estate or landed property) · fr terre (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · it terra (country or region) · sl zemlja (country or region) · jv siti (real estate or landed property) · gd talamh (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · pl ziemia (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fa-ira سَرْزَمین (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ja 土 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fi maa (ground that is suitable for farming) · fi maa (real estate or landed property) · et riik (country or region) · cs země (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · nah tlālli (real estate or landed property) · km រដ្ឋ (country or region) · clt ruo (country or region) · sah сир (country or region) · pdt Launt (nds) (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · te భూమి (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sh зѐмља (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · mh jānnibadbad (someone's homeplace) · el πατρίδα (someone's homeplace) · xdq гванза (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ko 륙지 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · el ξηρά (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · bn জমিন (ground that is suitable for farming) · yrl retama (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · syc ܐܪܥܐ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · mba bugta (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · el κτήματα (real estate or landed property) · yi ארץ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · dng гоцзя (country or region) · cmn 國家 /国家 (country or region) · th ภู (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · pl ląd (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · gl país (country or region) · pt terra (country or region) · sh zèmlja (country or region) · gd tìr (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ru су́ша (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · it terra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · he אֶרֶץ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · nl grond (ground that is suitable for farming) · ilo daga (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · he אֲדָמָה (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fr pays (country or region) · sq arë (ground that is suitable for farming) · ka მიწა (real estate or landed property) · eo tero (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · bg земя́ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · pl ziemia (country or region) · cmn 土地 (ground that is suitable for farming) · uga 𐎈𐎆𐎚 (country or region) · gmw-rfr Lond (country or region) · oj ᐊᐦᑭ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · tl lupa (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fi harja (space between the rifling grooves in a gun) · nb land (country or region) · pt região (country or region) · pt terra (real estate or landed property) · orv краина (country or region) · ast posesión (real estate or landed property) · gl terra (ground that is suitable for farming) · tr kara (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · mh wāto (real estate or landed property) · el γη (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · es vega (ground that is suitable for farming) · frr Lön (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · chr ᎦᏙᎯ (country or region) · pl kraina (country or region) · sl kopno (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · et maa (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · uk земля́ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ja 農地 (ground that is suitable for farming) · bn জমি (real estate or landed property) · sw ardhi (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ota طوپراق (real estate or landed property) · et maa (ground that is suitable for farming) · fa-ira بوم (country or region) · xdq гьулка (country or region) · sk krajina (country or region) · bua хүдөө (ground that is suitable for farming) · es tierra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · bg су́ша (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ro teren (cultivabil) (ground that is suitable for farming) · ast tierra (someone's homeplace) · ko 국가 (country or region) · ms tanah (real estate or landed property) · myv мода (country or region) · fa-ira سَرْزَمین (country or region) · cmn 祖國 /祖国 (someone's homeplace) · pt terra (ground that is suitable for farming) · ast vega (ground that is suitable for farming) · ka მიწა (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · it distesa (ground that is suitable for farming) · ko 땅 (ground that is suitable for farming) · la terra (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · hy երկիր (country or region) · sk zem (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ast propiedá (real estate or landed property) · ar أَرْض (country or region) · sv land (ground that is suitable for farming) · es finca (real estate or landed property) · ru зе́мли (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · cu страна (country or region) · sv land (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ms negara (country or region) · sv fosterland (someone's homeplace) · ang land (country or region) · bcl dagang tinubuan (someone's homeplace) · gd talamh (country or region) · pt terreno (real estate or landed property) · es conuco (real estate or landed property) · mh aelōn̄ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · uga 𐎀𐎗𐎕 (country or region) · mi whenua (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · hu szárazföld (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ja 国 (country or region) · pt terra natal (someone's homeplace) · sw nchi (country or region) · izh riikki (country or region) · gur tẽŋa (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ja 土地 (ground that is suitable for farming) · ast facienda (real estate or landed property) · es terreno m hacienda (real estate or landed property) · et maa (country or region) · el χώρα (country or region) · chr ᎦᏙᎯ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · lkt makȟóčhe (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · is land (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · my မြေ (ground that is suitable for farming) · hi मुल्क (country or region) · abe aki (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · orv землꙗ (country or region) · de Länder (country or region) · ccc c̈hijta (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · hi देश (country or region) · de Länder (real estate or landed property) · ota طوپراق (country or region) · iso ụtọ (real estate or landed property) · vi tổ quốc (someone's homeplace) · es patria (country or region) · alt јер (country or region) · de Land (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ota ارض (country or region) · mn хөдөө (ground that is suitable for farming) · id negeri (country or region) · km ដី (real estate or landed property) · lt žemė (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · nl land (country or region) · ur مُلْک (country or region) · ta தேசம் (country or region) · egy tA:N23*Z1 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · lo ດິນ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ro pământ (arabil) (ground that is suitable for farming) · sl dežela (country or region) · ko 토지 (ground that is suitable for farming) · jv lemah (real estate or landed property) · ja 土地 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ba ер (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · bcl daga (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · uk земля́ (country or region) · ist tiera (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ur زَمِین (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · lv zeme (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · sv mark (real estate or landed property) · be краі́на (country or region) · mt art (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · eu lur (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · nl grond (real estate or landed property) · izh maa (ground that is suitable for farming) · ko 토지 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · lo ປະເທດ (country or region) · ur دیش (country or region) · mh aelōn̄ (country or region) · be су́ша (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · iso ụtọ (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · yue 祖國 /祖国 (someone's homeplace) · hi ज़मीन (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · da land (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · cmn 農地 /农地 (ground that is suitable for farming) · de Land (country or region) · ru земля́ (ground that is suitable for farming) · cy tiriogaeth (country or region) · ko 땅 (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · ru по́ле наре́за (space between the rifling grooves in a gun) · ks مُلک (country or region) · mn хөрс (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · fj vanua (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · chy ho'e (real estate or landed property) · fi kotiseutu (someone's homeplace) · sa भूमि (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water) · et kodumaa (someone's homeplace) · sk zem (country or region) · ko 부동산 (real estate or landed property) · mn газар (country or region) · kaw rat (part of Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)

land en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

lănd
[lænd] (Received-Pronunciation)
[ɫeə̯nd] ~ [ɫɛə̯nd] (US)
[læ(ː)nd] (Canada)
[land] (British, Southern, Standard)
[ɫɛə̯nd] (Canada)
/lænd/
[ɫänd] (Scotland)
[lɛnd] (New-Zealand)
(US) audio
[læːnd] ~ [lɛːnd] ~ [leːnd] (Australia)

Etymology

Meanings

(intransitive) To descend to a surface, especially from the air.
- The plane is about to land.
(dated) To alight, to descend from a vehicle.
- 10. You will be civil and attentive to passengers, giving proper assistance to ladies and children getting in or out, and never start the car before passengers are fairly received or landed. 1859, “Rules adopted by the Sixth Avenue Railway, N. Y.”, quoted in Alexander Easton, A Practical Treatise on Street or Horse-Power Railways, page 108
(intransitive) To come into rest.
(intransitive) To arrive on land, especially a shore or dock, from a body of water.
- Tatan and Erhtan are two small islands in the sea southwest of Kinmen.[…]A contingent of some 30 Communist troops tried to land at Erhtan, but were disarmed by Government defenders. 1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development, volume II, Taipei: Modern China Press, →OCLC, page 303, column 1:
(transitive) To bring to land.
- Use the net to land the fish.
- It can be tricky to land a helicopter.
- I'll undertake to land them on our coast. c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
(informal, transitive) To capture or arrest.
- `He told me that he was certain that Coates shot at him. We threw out a drag and landed Coates within an hour.' 1920 June 14, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 151, column 3:
(transitive) To acquire; to secure.
- She landed a job at the company.
- Siemens has landed a contract to upgrade signalling on the entire 170km (105-mile) S-Bane suburban network in Copenhagen to pave the way for fully automated trains. 2024 May 1, “Network News: Danes plan fully automated trains”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 18:
- At 30, I landed my first real foothold: an assistant job at a major publishing house. 2026 April 22, Jillian Sanders, “The Danger of Surrendering Your Financial Independence in a Relationship”, in TIME, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026:
- As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy. 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
(slang, transitive) To succeed in having sexual relations with; to score.
- Too ugly to ever land a chick.
(transitive) To deliver (a blow).
- If you land a knockout blow, you’ll win the match.
(intransitive, of a punch) To connect (to arrive at an intended target).
- If the punches land, you might lose a few teeth!
- Vice President J. D. Vance has lashed out at [Gavin] Newsom, telling Fox that the Californian’s attacks aren’t landing, because his trolling “ignores the fundamental genius of President Trump’s political success, which is that he’s authentic”; […]. 2025 August 22, Tom Nichols, “MAGA World Is So Close to Getting It”, in The Atlantic:
(figuratively, intransitive) To go down well with an audience.
- Some of the comedian's jokes failed to land.
- We told an Amelia Earhart joke yesterday—did not go great with the audience. Someone wrote: "You can't be surprised when an Amelia Earhart joke doesn't land." 2023 January 13, Anonymous ("Jackal Comment"), 11:08 from the start, in CORRECTIONS Episode 68: Week of Monday, January 9 (Late Night with Seth Meyers), YouTube:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
landed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
landed	Tense=Past	lexicographic
lands	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
landing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic

Deriveds

land on one's feet (terms derived from the verb land) · land down (terms derived from the verb land) · land the plane (terms derived from the verb land) · land on (terms derived from the verb land) · land with (terms derived from the verb land) · soft land (terms derived from the verb land) · hard-land (terms derived from the verb land) · hard land (terms derived from the verb land) · land on one's bridge (terms derived from the verb land) · land in someone's lap (terms derived from the verb land) · crash-land (terms derived from the verb land) · soft-land (terms derived from the verb land) · land up (terms derived from the verb land) · black land (terms derived from the verb land) · reland (terms derived from the verb land) · land with one's bum in the butter (terms derived from the verb land) · land upon (terms derived from the verb land)

Synonyms

alight

Translations (159)

fi asettua (to come into rest) · de landen (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · pt aterrar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ko 착륙하다 (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · oj boonii (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · cmn 著地 (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · de landen (to bring to land) · ru прича́лить (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · fi nousta maihin (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · yi לאַנדן (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ast aterrizar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · nrf aborder (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · es alunizar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · pl wylądować (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · mi mahuta (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · cy glanio (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · lt nutūpti (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ga tuirling (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · es acotejarse (to acquire; to secure) · ast posar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ast atracar (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · bg приземя́ се (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · sv landa (to bring to land) · lv nolaisties (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · sl pristati (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ca aterrar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ru вы́грузить (to bring to land) · ja 上陸する (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · pl lądować (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ro ateriza (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · tr inmek (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · eo albordigi (to bring to land) · uk приземли́тися (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · he נָחַת (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · nb lande (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · el προσγειώνομαι (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · be прызямля́цца (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · hi अवतरण करना (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · mi eke (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ko 부리다 (to bring to land) · nl landen (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · sv landa (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · fr poser (to bring to land) · de an Land ziehen (to acquire; to secure) · cmn 着陆 (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · fr aborder (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ru вы́садить (to bring to land) · enm londen (to bring to land) · ast aterrizar (to bring to land) · ga faigh (to acquire; to secure) · fi tuoda maihin (to bring to land) · sl pristati (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · et maandama (to bring to land) · es aterrar (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ru выгружа́ть (to bring to land) · cs přistát (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · yi לאַנדן (to bring to land) · da lande (to bring to land) · ru прича́ливать (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · mi tau (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · es amartizar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · fr atterrir (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · is lenda (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · es amerizar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ko 상륙하다 (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · lt nusileisti (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · cmn 登陸 /登陆 (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ru приземля́ться (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · bg дебарки́рам (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ca aterrar-se (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ko 내리다 (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ja 上陸する (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ca pescar (to acquire; to secure) · yi לאַנדן (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · cs přistávat (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · el προσγειώνω (to bring to land) · gl aterrar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · enm lenden (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ru выса́живаться (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · da lande (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ru приземли́ть (to bring to land) · fr se poser (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · sv landa (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · pt aterrar (to bring to land) · eo alteriĝi (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · pl dobić do brzegu (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ms darat (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · mi ū (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · kea atera (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ee dze (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · be прызямлі́цца (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · wa ateri (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · eo surteriĝi (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ca atracar (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ru вы́садиться (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · es amarar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · km ចុះ (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · cmn 著陸 /著陆 (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · wa si rabate (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · hu leszáll (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ja 着陸する (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · kea aterrá (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · eo alterigi (to bring to land) · et maanduma (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · enm londen (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · uk приземля́тися (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · tr inmek (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ko 닿다 (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · bg приземя́вам се (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · es atracar (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · vi hạ cánh (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ms mendarat (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ko 내리다 (to bring to land) · bo འབབ་པ (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · tr indirmek (to bring to land) · fi hankkia itselleen (to acquire; to secure) · ar هَبَطَ (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · pt aterrissar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · km ចត (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · mi whakaū (to bring to land) · km ចុះចត (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · hi उतरना (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · cmn 上陸 /上陆 (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · fi laskeutua (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · br douarañ (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ru выса́живать (to bring to land) · th เครื่องบินลงสู่พื้น (to bring to land) · pon sok (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ms darat (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · th ลง (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · pt pousar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · eu lurreratu (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ast terrar (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · cs přistát (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ru приземли́ться (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · eo albordiĝi (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · es aterrizar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · lus ṭum (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · it atterrare (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · pt desembarcar (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · no lande (to bring to land) · es aterrizar (to bring to land) · es acuatizar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · la egredior (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · ru приземля́ть (to bring to land) · pt aterrissar (to bring to land) · hu landol (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · gl pousar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · lo ລົງ (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · te వాలిపో (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · fi laskeutua (to bring to land) · az enmək (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · es amarizar (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · ms mendarat (to descend to a surface, especially from the air) · he הנחית (to bring to land) · sv föra i land (to bring to land) · sv lägga till (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · eo alteriĝi (to arrive at land, especially a shore, or a dock, from a body of water) · cmn 着地 (to descend to a surface, especially from the air)

land en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

lănd
[lænd] (Received-Pronunciation)
[ɫeə̯nd] ~ [ɫɛə̯nd] (US)
[læ(ː)nd] (Canada)
[land] (British, Southern, Standard)
[ɫɛə̯nd] (Canada)
/lænd/
[ɫänd] (Scotland)
[lɛnd] (New-Zealand)
(US) audio
[læːnd] ~ [lɛːnd] ~ [leːnd] (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English *land, from Old English hland. More at lant.

Meanings

(uncountable) lant; urine

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land en · VERB · etymology 1

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land en · NOUN · etymology 2

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