- [usually pl.] outlying or remote areas; hinterland
- Archaic a foreign land
Origin of outland
Middle English from Old English utland- outlying
- Archaic foreign
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outland
noun
- A foreign land.
- outlands The outlying areas of a country; the provinces.
Related Forms:
- out′land′
adjective
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
- Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.
- (used with ethnic nationalities) Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.
Origin
From Old English Å«tland (“foreign land, land abroad"), equivalent to out + land. Use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). Use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, è¯åƒ‘ / åŽä¾¨ (huáqiáo).
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