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outland en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
2. (not-comparable) Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.
   • These outland Romans will not kill us all If you permit them to do their governing, Which is so dear to them, over you and us. 1921, Gordon Bottomley, Gruach and Britain's daughter: two plays, page 74:
   • I heard strange pipes when I was young, / Piping songs of an outland tongue. 1966, Donald Davidson, Poems, 1922-1961, page 107:
3. (not-comparable, used with ethnic nationalities) Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.
   • And Bruno's name is "Bienenfeld" meaning that I would place him as what are in Cleveland anyway called "Donau Schwaben" i.e., outland Germans living in SE Europe [...] 2001 June 12, Mike Echo Mike, “Why do I fly !!!”, in rec.aviation.student (Usenet):
   • When the "outland Danes," who live in other countries, return by the thousand for the summer festivals, they gather first in the grim 13th-century fortress of Kronborg, [...] 1949, The Reader's Digest, volume 54, page 101:
   • To China, it is "Chinese territory under British administration" : its citizens are regarded as "home Chinese," not "outland Chinese," and can travel freely to the mother country. 1980, New Society, volume 51, page 546:
   • Whatever dependence the Pan-German chauvinist had placed on outland Germans proved to be a broken reed. 1919, William Milligan Sloane, The powers and aims of western democracy, page 402:

Deriveds

outland Germans

Synonyms

expatriate (living abroad)

outland en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. (especially, in-plural) Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.

Forms

Deriveds

outlandish · outlander · outlands

Hypernyms

land (structural)

outland en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From out- + land.

Meanings

1. To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.

Forms