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caneland

noun

Etymology

From cane + land.

  1. derived from *lendʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *landą✻
  3. inherited from *land✻
  4. inherited from land
  5. inherited from lond
  6. compounded as caneland — “cane + land”

Definitions

  1. Land used for the growing of sugar cane.

    • According to William McMahon's map of 1828, 44 percent of the island was caneland.
    • This reflects a considerable local migration from the peasant areas of the parish into the canelands.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA