vineland

¹

[vahyn-land]

noun

1. land particularly suited to the growing of vines.

Vineland

²

[vahyn-luhnd]

noun

1. a city in S New Jersey.

2. Vinland.

Vineland

/ ˈvaɪnlənd /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Vinland

Word History and Origins

Origin of Vineland¹

vine + land

Example Sentences

DiCaprio and PTA are known for their mutually zany taste, and their anticipated collaboration, loosely based on Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel ‘Vineland,” is the ideal marriage between the director’s visual flair and the actor’s go-for-broke style.

From Salon

Loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel “Vineland,” the film transplants the book’s tangle of political grudges to a modern-day context of former activists forced back together when their long-vanished enemy resurfaces.

From Los Angeles Times

It might be loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s joyous blast of a novel, “Vineland.”

From Los Angeles Times

Nazarian said he would concentrate growth on the district’s transit routes, adding multistory projects to corridors such as Lankershim Boulevard, Vineland Avenue, Victory Boulevard and Vanowen Street.

From Los Angeles Times

Jacob Fuerte, 22, of Riverside was killed just after 5 a.m. on the northbound side of the freeway at Campo De Cuehenga , south of the Vineland Avenue offramp in Studio City, according to the CHP report.

From Los Angeles Times