bloodlands

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noun

A region comprising modern-day Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and the Baltic states, where the 20th-century regimes of Stalin and Hitler interacted to cause significant suffering and bloodshed.

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Meanings

nounbloodlands pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyA region comprising modern-day Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and the Baltic states, where the 20th-century regimes of Stalin and Hitler interacted to cause significant suffering and bloodshed.

Origin

From blood + lands, coined as the title of a book, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin (2010), by Yale historian Timothy D. Snyder.

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APA

bloodlands. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodlands

MLA

“bloodlands.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodlands. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bloodlands,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bloodlands.

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