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rainlands

rainlands is the plural of rainland.

Meaning of rainland

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

Questions about rainlands

What is rainlands the plural of?
Rainlands is the plural of rainland.

Words near rainlands in the dictionary

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

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