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Land (suffix)

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The suffix -land, which can be found in the names of several countries or country subdivisions, indicates a toponymy - a land. The word derived from the Old English land, meaning "ground, soil", and "definite portion of the earth's surface, home region of a person or a people, territory marked by political boundaries". It evolved from the Proto-Germanic *landą and from the Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- "land, open land, heath".[1]

Below is the list of places that ends with "-land" or "Lands".

Sovereign states

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Derived name:

Sub-national administrative divisions

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Derived name:

Other places

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Australia

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Other places

Canada

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Province level
County level
Town level

Denmark

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Finland

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(Names in Swedish/Names in Finnish)

Germany

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The Netherlands

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City level

New Zealand

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Norway

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Vestlandet Østlandet Sørlandet Trøndelag Nord-Norge

Sweden

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Götaland Svealand Norrland

United Kingdom

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Counties

Other places:

United States

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Multi-state regions
Regions entirely in a single state
State level
City level
Village level

Other countries

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Former place names

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Thematic parks

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Fictional places

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From Peter Pan

From Alice in Wonderland

From Middle-Earth:

From Chronicles of Narnia

Other common names

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References

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  1. ^ Harper, Douglas. "land". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved July 18, 2021.

See also

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