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aland

UK/əˈland/

aland adverb: on dry land, as opposed to in the water.

Adverb

aland (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) On dry land, as opposed to in the water.
    • I maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea […] Why, as Men doe a-land.c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry...
  2. (archaic, poetic) To the land; ashore.
    • Henry the Eighth […] departed out of England from Sowthampton, with a great navy of shipps to set that company aland in Spayne, for to helpe the kynge of Spayne agaynste the Frenche kynge […]c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846

Proper noun capitalized: Aland

Aland

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Åland.

Forms of aland

alternative formÅland

Origin of aland

From Middle English aland, alond, alonde, o lande, from Old English on lande (“on land”), equivalent to a- + land.

Words formed from aland

Words that rhyme with aland

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Questions about aland

What does aland mean?
Aland means on dry land, as opposed to in the water.
What part of speech is aland?
Aland can be an adverb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce aland?
Aland is pronounced /əˈland/ (UK).

Words near aland in the dictionary

  1. Alan Whickers
  2. Alana
  3. Alanah
  4. alanate
  5. alanates
  6. aland
  7. Aland Islands
  8. Alander
  9. Alanders
  10. Alandish
  11. Alandishes

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