Outland
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Outland is an adjective meaning Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
Meaning
Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
More Meanings
- Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.
- (used with ethnic nationalities) Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.
- (especially in the plural) Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.
- (martial arts) To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.
Example Sentences
I heard strange pipes when I was young, / Piping songs of an outland tongue.
Whatever dependence the Pan-German chauvinist had placed on outland Germans proved to be a broken reed.
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.
And Bruno's name is "Bienenfeld" meaning that I would place him as what are in Cleveland anyway called "Donau Schwaben" i.e., outland Germans living in SE Europe [...]
Word Forms
- outlands
- outlanding
- outlanded
Synonyms for outland
Depending on context, synonyms include expatriate.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include comprovincial, provincial, foreign, outen, country, inland.
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