Meaning
The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą (“land”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Cognates Cognate with Scots laund (“land”), Yola lhoan, lloan, loan, londe, lone (“land”), North Frisian loun, luin, lun, Lön, lönj, löön (“land”), Saterland Frisian Lound (“land”), West Frisian lân (“land”), Limburgish Land, landj, Laïnt (“land”), Dutch land (“land, country”), Luxembourgish and German Land (“land, country, state”), Vilamovian łaond (“land”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish land (“land, country, shore, territory”). Non-Germanic cognates include Old Irish lann (“heath”), Welsh llan (“enclosure”), Breton lann (“heath”), Old Church Slavonic лѧдо (lędo), from Proto-Slavic *lędo (“heath, wasteland”), French lande (“heath”) and Albanian lëndinë (“heath, grassland”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 30 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-09-04DAELNYZ
- 2026-09-01ADILNTW
- 2026-08-02NACDEHL
- 2026-07-03ADILNOR
- 2026-04-23ADQLENU
- 2026-04-20LATIDNY
- 2026-03-22ADLHGNI
- 2025-11-01LAMEDHN
- 2025-10-27DAILNUV
- 2025-09-20ADENYZL
- 2025-08-27LAVIDNY
- 2025-04-30DANIGLO
+18 earlier appearances in the archive.