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black land
noun
- a black, clayey soil.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of black land1
First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences
Next morning she found herself looking out at the rough gray and black land of New Mexico.
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Sir Walter Elliot states that a variety found in red soil is much redder in colour than that inhabiting the black land.
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Instead, they found black land freely dotted with clumps of trees, with walls of wild flowers on each side of the track.
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In the ancient languages Egypt was called by a name signifying "Black Land."
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It was a knight, and he was armed in black armour, and his name was ‘the Knight of the Black Land.’
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