netherland
netherland noun: a supposed place to which one's spirit descends upon death; the netherworld.
Noun
netherland
- A supposed place to which one's spirit descends upon death; the netherworld.
- Uti presides in Mano-Mano, or spirit-world, in the very depths of the netherland, and at night she climbs to the upper world with her torch to fish for food in a lake.1881, Gerald Massey, A Book of the Beginnings, p. 565 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Book_of_the_Beginnings/09wiLcbKkrQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22netherland%22&pg=PA565&printsec=frontcover
- Similar rites were celebrated in honor of Adonis, who died and was resurrected after a stay in the netherland, in the mysteries of Orpheus.2020, Immanuel Velikovsky, In the Beginning, p. 62 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/In_the_Beginning/BUD2DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22netherland%22&pg=PT62&printsec=frontcover
Proper noun capitalized: Netherland
Netherland
Origin of netherland
From nether- + land.
From nether + land.
Words formed from netherland
Phrases with netherland
Questions about netherland
- What does netherland mean?
- Netherland means a supposed place to which one's spirit descends upon death; the netherworld.
- What part of speech is netherland?
- Netherland can be a noun or a proper noun.
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