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aland

UK/əˈland/

adverb

On dry land, as opposed to in the water.

OriginMiddle English aland ← Old English on lande →

Less commonFirst used 13th–19th c.Scrabble 6

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Meanings

aland¹

adverbaland (not comparable)

not comparableobsoleteOn dry land, as opposed to in the water.First known use 13th–19th c.
I maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea […] Why, as Men doe a-land.
c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V]
archaicnot comparablepoeticTo the land; ashore.First known use 14th c.
Henry the Eighth […] departed out of England from Sowthampton, with a great navy of shipps to set that company aland in Spayne, for to helpe the kynge of Spayne agaynste the Frenche kynge […]
c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London, published 1846

Aland²

proper noun

alternative Åland

alternativeAlternative spelling of Åland.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see

Origin

Old Englishon lande“on land”
Middle Englishaland
Englishaland

From Middle English aland, alond, alonde, o lande, from Old English on lande (“on land”), equivalent to a- + land.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with aland

and hand land brand band understand grand stand demand expand planned sand grande rand strand banned scanned canned gland tanned withstand bland secondhand manned

Anagrams

Nadal Landa Aldan Andal Ndala

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APA

aland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aland

MLA

“aland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aland. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aland.

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