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outland

adj

Etymology

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).

  1. inherited from *ūtlandą✻ — “outland”
  2. inherited from ūtland — “foreign land, land abroad”
  3. inherited from outland

Definitions

  1. Provincial

    Provincial: from a province (of the same land).

  2. Foreign

    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.
    • I heard strange pipes when I was young, / Piping songs of an outland tongue.

  3. 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.
    • When the "outland Danes," who live in other countries, return by the thousand for the summer festivals, they gather first in the grim 13th-century fortress of Kronborg, [...]
    • To China, it is "Chinese territory under British administration" : its citizens are regarded as "home Chinese," not "outland Chinese," and can travel freely to the mother country.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Any outlying area of a country

      Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.

    2. To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for outland. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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