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out⋅land

  [n. out-land; adj. out-land, -luhnd]
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–noun
1. Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.
2. (formerly) the outlying land of a feudal estate, usually granted to tenants.
3. a foreign land.
–adjective
4. outlying, as districts.
5. foreign.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE ūtland. See out-, land
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out·land   (out'lānd', -lənd)   
n.  

  1. A foreign land.

  2. outlands The outlying areas of a country; the provinces.

out'land' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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