Meaning

noun the land on which real estate is located

noun material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

noun territory over which rule or control is exercised

originEtymology 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,…

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