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Netherland¹

Where it comes from

From nether + land.

proper noun

  1. archaic Netherlands

netherland²

Where it comes from

From nether- + land.

noun

  1. 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.

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@misc{netherland_2026,
  title = {netherland},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/netherland},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}