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land grant

land grant noun: a grant of land by the US government to encourage the development of western states, especially land transportation and practical higher education.

Noun

land grant (plural land grants)

  1. (US) A grant of land by the US government to encourage the development of western states, especially land transportation and practical higher education.

land grant meaning in Hindi and Kannada

land grant in Hindi

land grant
अनुभोग anubhog

land grant in Kannada

ಭೂಮಾನ್ಯ, ಭೂಮಿಯ ದತ್ತಿ

Forms of land grant

pluralland grants
alternative formland-grant

Origin of land grant

Circa 1860.

Words formed from land grant

  • land-grant college

Questions about land grant

What does land grant mean?
Land grant means a grant of land by the US government to encourage the development of western states, especially land transportation and practical higher education.
What is land grant in Hindi?
Land grant in Hindi is अनुभोग (anubhog). See Land grant meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is land grant?
Land grant is a noun.
What is the plural of land grant?
The plural of land grant is land grants.

Words near land grant in the dictionary

  1. land forces
  2. land girl
  3. land girls
  4. land grab
  5. land grabs
  6. land grant
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  8. land guard
  9. land guards
  10. land gull
  11. land gulls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: land grant (page history and authors); अनुभोग (Hindi) (page history and authors); land grant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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