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land down under

land down under proper noun: australia or New Zealand.

Proper noun

the land down under

  1. (informal) Australia or New Zealand.
    • "Do you come from the land down under?"1982, Men at Work, Down Under

Origin of land down under

Referring to Australia's and New Zealand's location at the southern hemisphere, when observed at a map or a globe.

Questions about land down under

What does land down under mean?
Land down under means australia or New Zealand.
What part of speech is land down under?
Land down under is a proper noun.

Words near land down under in the dictionary

  1. Land Day
  2. Land Dayak
  3. land degradation
  4. land diving
  5. land down
  6. land down under
  7. Land Dyak
  8. Land effect
  9. Land effects
  10. land force
  11. land forces

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