underland
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a word derived from
land.
landnounany part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands.
Example Sentences
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The underland is where human beings investigate dark matter and bury our nuclear waste, where we have imagined the kingdom of the dead and painted our first works of art.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2019
I mostly listen, relaxing after the day’s exertions, pinching myself at the wondrously weird subcultures of this underland, reflecting on the bizarre cultural recyclings that it calls out.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019
Much of Paris was built from its own underland, hewn block by block from the bedrock and hauled up for dressing and placing.
From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019
Actively to retrieve something from the underland often requires effortful work, physical or psychoanalytical.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2019
A hush on the children stealing They stood there hand in hand, For the elfin chimes were pealing Aloud in the underland.
From AE in the Irish Theosophist by George William Russell