Suffix used for place names
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:
States with limited recognition:
Sub-national administrative divisions
Queensland , Australia Burgenland , Austria Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada Prince Edward Island , CanadaGreenland , Denmark Åland , Finland Lapland , FinlandRhineland-Palatinate , Germany Saarland , GermanyNagaland , India Flevoland , the Netherlands Friesland , the NetherlandsGelderland , the NetherlandsZeeland , the NetherlandsJubaland , Somalia Puntland , SomaliaEngland , United Kingdom Scotland , United KingdomMaryland , United States Derived name:
Other places
Australia
Central Highlands Council , TasmaniaCentral Highlands Region , QueenslandCity of Merri-bek (previously City of Moreland), VictoriaShire of East Gippsland , VictoriaCity of Maitland , New South WalesCity of Nedlands , Western AustraliaNorthern Midlands Council , TasmaniaTown of Port Hedland , Western AustraliaSouth Gippsland Shire , VictoriaSouthern Midlands Council , TasmaniaTablelands Region , QueenslandRedlands City , QueenslandMaitland , South AustraliaOther places Arnhem Land , Northern TerritoryCentral Highlands , TasmaniaCentral Queensland Far North Queensland Gippsland , VictoriaMidlands , TasmaniaMurraylands , South AustraliaNew England , New South WalesNorth Queensland Northern Tablelands , New South WalesPortland, Victoria Riverland , South AustraliaSouth East Queensland Southern Highlands, New South Wales Southern Tablelands , New South WalesList of islands of Australia
Canada
Province level County level Town level
Denmark
Finland
(Names in Swedish/Names in Finnish )
Germany
The Netherlands
City level
New Zealand
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
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United States
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Other countries
Thematic parks
Fictional places
From Peter Pan
From Alice in Wonderland
From Middle-Earth:
From Chronicles of Narnia
Other common names
References
See also
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