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lands

/lændz/

lands is the plural of land.

lands is the third-person singular simple present indicative of land.

Meaning of land

Noun

land (countable and uncountable, plural lands)

  1. The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
    • Most insects live on land.
  2. Real estate or landed property; a partitioned and measurable area which is owned and acquired and on which buildings and structures can be built and erected.
    • There are 50 acres of land in this estate.
  3. A country or region.
    • They come from a faraway land.
  4. A person's country of origin and/or homeplace; homeland.
  5. The soil, in respect to its nature or quality for farming.
    • wet land
  6. (in-compounds, often) Realm, domain.
    • I'm going to Disneyland.

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Questions about lands

What is lands the plural of?
Lands is the plural of land.
How do you pronounce lands?
Lands is pronounced /lændz/.

Words near lands in the dictionary

  1. Landrum
  2. Landrums
  3. landrush
  4. landrushes
  5. Landry
  6. lands
  7. lands before time
  8. lands down
  9. lands in someone's lap
  10. lands of plenty
  11. lands on

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