outland
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outland¹
Where it comes from
From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ūtland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *ūtlandą (“outland”), equivalent to out- + land. Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland, Danish udland.
The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, 華僑 / 华侨 (huáqiáo).
adjective
- Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
- Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land. These outland Romans will not kill us all If you permit them to do their governing, Which is so dear to them, over you and us.
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Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.
Whatever dependence the Pan-German chauvinist had placed on outland Germans proved to be a broken reed.
Similar: expatriate
noun outlands
- Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.
outland²
Where it comes from
From out- + land.
verb outlands · outlanding · outlanded
- To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.
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