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Land

Land may refer to:

The part of the Earth that is not covered by water
Terrestrial ecoregion, an ecoregion based on soil instead of water
Landscape
Landform
Land (economics), a factor of production comprising all naturally occurring resources
Real estate, a legal term for land, used in regard to ownership
Real property, a legal term similar to real estate

In music: Land, American rock band
LAND (album), the first album by the band
Land (Týr album)
Land (1975–2002), an album by Patti Smith
Land (Comsat Angels album)
LANDS, Japanese indie rock band
Dah (band), a former Yugoslav/Belgian rock band, known as Land during 1975-1976 period

People: Edwin H. Land (1909-1991), American scientist and inventor
Frank Land, British information systems researcher
Frank S. Land (1890-1959), Americal founder of Order of DeMolay
Frank William Land, British mathematician
Michael Land (b. 1961), American composer and musician
Michael F. Land, British neurobiologist

As a synonym for a region belonging to a people: Country
Nation
Motherland
Fatherland
Homeland

As a geographical place: Land, California
Land, Norway

As a division of a country: Lands of Denmark
Lands of Finland
Lands of Germany
Lands of Norway
Lands of Sweden
Ziemia, Polish for "land", a unit of administration in Poland

Other usages: LAND, a type of denial-of-service attack
Landing, the end of a flight
In Rifling, lands are the raised areas between grooves in gun barrels.

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Land" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Breton: Bro, Welsh: Tir, Danish: Land (flertydig), Korean: 랜드, Georgian: მიწა (მრავალმნიშვნელოვანი), Dutch Low Saxon: Laand, Japanese: ランド, Russian: Федеральная земля, Slovak: Krajina, Swedish: Land (olika betydelser), Chinese: 土地.


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