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merland

merland proper noun: a mythical land of mermaids and merfolk.

Proper noun

merland

  1. A mythical land of mermaids and merfolk.
    • "I know what you would say and I know what I should answer, dear Ulfin, if you were only a commoner of Merland. ... and I am a Mermaid, […]"2004, Edith Nesbit, Wet Magic
    • […] or she could bolt and hurry back to the shore, hoping that two wolphins might return to haul her tired body back to Merland off Oregon.2010, Judith Gilman, Mermaids of the Siuslaw

Origin of merland

From mer- + land.

Questions about merland

What does merland mean?
Merland means a mythical land of mermaids and merfolk.
What part of speech is merland?
Merland is a proper noun.

Words near merland in the dictionary

  1. merlaasses
  2. merlad
  3. merladies
  4. merlads
  5. merlady
  6. merland
  7. merlassers
  8. merle
  9. Merleau-Pontian
  10. merled
  11. merles

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