crown land
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noun
land belonging to the crown, the revenue of which goes to the reigning sovereign.
Also crownland . one of the administrative divisions of the former empire of Austria-Hungary.
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Origin of crown land
First recorded in 1615–25
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Example sentences from the Web for crown land
Another force penetrated further to the north in the Crownland of Goritz and Gradisca.
Lussinpiccolo is a town on an island belonging to the Crownland of Istria.
The name was revived by the constitution of 1861, which established the crownland of Grz and Gradisca.
British Dictionary definitions for crown land (1 of 2)
crownland
/ (ˈkraʊnˌlænd) /
noun
a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary
British Dictionary definitions for crown land (2 of 2)
crown land
noun
(in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
public land in some dominions of the Commonwealth
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