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outland

[ noun out-land; adjective out-land, -luhnd ]
/ noun ˈaʊtˌlænd; adjective ˈaʊtˌlænd, -lənd /
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noun
Usually outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.
(formerly) the outlying land of a feudal estate, usually granted to tenants.
a foreign land.
adjective
outlying, as districts.
foreign.
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Origin of outland

before 950; Middle English; Old English Å«tland.See out-, land

Words nearby outland

out in left field, out in the cold, out in the open, outjockey, outlaid, outland, outlander, outlandish, outlast, outlaw, outlawry
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Words related to outland

agrarian, bucolic, homey, provincial, rustic, idyllic, rural, agricultural, back-country, backwoods, pastoral, country, picturesque, simple, verdant, crude, dependent, dominion, emigrant, frontier

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British Dictionary definitions for outland

outland
adjective (ˈaʊtˌlænd, -lənd)
outlying or distant
archaic foreign; alien
noun (ˈaʊtˌlænd)
(usually plural) the outlying areas of a country or region
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