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outland

American  
[out-land, out-land, -luhnd] / ˈaʊtˌlænd, ˈaʊtˌlænd, -lənd /

noun

  1. Usually outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces.

    a name unknown in the outlands.

  2. (formerly) the outlying land of a feudal estate, usually granted to tenants.

  3. a foreign land.

adjective

  1. outlying, as districts.

  2. foreign.

outland British  

adjective

  1. outlying or distant

  2. archaic foreign; alien

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noun

  1. (usually plural) the outlying areas of a country or region

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Etymology

Origin of outland

before 950; Middle English; Old English ūtland. See out-, land

Example Sentences

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However, within this cinematic outland, there are more than a few diamonds in the rough.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2018

“This is occurring more frequently, where homes are right in the outland and urban interface,” said Cal Fire spokesman Gabe Lauderdale.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2018

It gives China what China's greatest statesmen have always sought�a vast natural buffer zone between her own centers of population and the vigorous pressure of the outland.

From Time Magazine Archive

And when the big shots do vist the outland, they always dress wrong, covered in either condescending denim or some haughty blend of wool and silk.

From Time Magazine Archive

He still kept his outland accent in defiance of the mere English, but he had ceased to think in Gaelic.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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