crown land

noun

land belonging to the crown, the revenue of which goes to the reigning sovereign.

Also crown·land. one of the administrative divisions of the former empire of Austria-Hungary.

Words nearby crown land

crown glass, crown graft, crown green, crown imperial, crown jewels, crown land, crown lens, crown octavo, crown of thorns, crown office, crown point

Origin of crown land

First recorded in 1615–25

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Examples from the Web for crownland

Lussinpiccolo is a town on an island belonging to the Crownland of Istria.
The Story of the Great War, Volume VIII (of VIII)|various
The name was revived by the constitution of 1861, which established the crownland of Grz and Gradisca.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3|Various
Another force penetrated further to the north in the Crownland of Goritz and Gradisca.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915|Various

British Dictionary definitions for crownland (1 of 2)

crownland

/ (ˈkraʊnˌlænd) /

noun

a large administrative division of the former empire of Austria-Hungary

British Dictionary definitions for crownland (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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