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outland.

Provincial: from a province (of the same land).

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Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Provincial: from a province (of the same land).

    not-comparable

  2. Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.

    not-comparable

  3. Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (“outland”), equivalent to out- + land. Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland, Danish udland. The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, 華僑 / 华侨 (huáqiáo).

noun

  1. Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.

    especially · in-plural
Where this word comes from

From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (“outland”), equivalent to out- + land. Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland, Danish udland. The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, 華僑 / 华侨 (huáqiáo).

verb

  1. To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.

Where this word comes from

From out- + land.

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