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rainland

rainland noun: an area, especially in Africa, in which water for growing crops is supplied by rain (as contrasted with irrigated land and with floodland).

Noun

rainland (plural rainlands)

  1. An area, especially in Africa, in which water for growing crops is supplied by rain (as contrasted with irrigated land and with floodland).
    • […] about 213,000 acres were irrigated, the rest being rainland and floodland.1937, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, page 697
    • Similar numbers of grasshoppers […] invade sorghum crops in the rainlands of Africa north of the equator, […]1981, D. J. Aidley, Animal Migration, page 213

Forms of rainland

pluralrainlands

Questions about rainland

What does rainland mean?
Rainland means an area, especially in Africa, in which water for growing crops is supplied by rain (as contrasted with irrigated land and with floodland).
What part of speech is rainland?
Rainland is a noun.
What is the plural of rainland?
The plural of rainland is rainlands.

Words near rainland in the dictionary

  1. raining stair rods
  2. rainings
  3. rainish
  4. rainjacket
  5. rainjackets
  6. rainland
  7. rainlands
  8. rainless
  9. rainlessly
  10. rainlessness
  11. rainlight

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