Land (suffix)

The suffix -land, which can be found in the names of several countries or country subdivisions, indicates a toponymy - a land. The word derived from the Old English land, meaning "ground, soil", and "definite portion of the earth's surface, home region of a person or a people, territory marked by political boundaries". It evolved from the Proto-Germanic *landą and from the Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- "land, open land, heath".[1]

Below is the list of places that ends with "-land" or "Lands".

Sovereign states

Common name:

Derived name:

Sub-national administrative divisions

Derived name:

Other places

Australia

Other places

Canada

Province level
County level
Town level

Denmark

Finland

(Names in Swedish/Names in Finnish)

Germany

The Netherlands

City level

New Zealand

Norway

Vestlandet Østlandet Sørlandet Trøndelag Nord-Norge

Sweden

Götaland Svealand Norrland

United Kingdom

Counties

Other places:

United States

Multi-state regions
Regions entirely in a single state
State level
City level
Village level

Other countries

Former place names

Thematic parks

Fictional places

From Peter Pan

From Alice in Wonderland

From Middle-Earth:

From Chronicles of Narnia

Other common names

References

  1. ^ Harper, Douglas. "land". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved July 18, 2021.

See also

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