lande

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noun

An uncultivated plain, especially a sandy track along the seashore in southwestern France.

OriginMiddle English lande ← Old English lande →
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Meanings

lande1

nounlande (countable and uncountable, plural landes)

plural landes

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of land.

lande2

nounlande (plural landes)

plural landes

  1. An uncultivated plain, especially a sandy track along the seashore in southwestern France.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
lalonde

Origin

lande · noun

  1. Old Englishland“land”
  2. Old Englishlande
  3. Middle Englishlande
  4. Englishlande

From Middle English lande, londe (dative form), from Old English lande, dative singular of Old English land (“land”).

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lande · noun

  1. Old Frenchlande“clearing in a wood, leigh; remote wooded area”
  2. Middle Frenchlande
  3. Frenchlande
  4. Englishlande

Borrowed from French lande, from Middle French lande, from Old French lande (“clearing in a wood, leigh; remote wooded area”). Doublet of lawn and land.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ladenAldenelandNadelAndelDalenNeldalanednaled
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APA

lande. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lande

MLA

“lande.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lande. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lande,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lande.

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