different between aland vs eland

English

Etymology

From Middle English aland, alond, alonde, o lande, from Old English on lande (“on land”), equivalent to a- +? land.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??land/
• Rhymes: -ænd

Adverb

aland (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) On dry land, as opposed to in the water. [13th-19th c.]
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Pericles, V:

     I maruell how the Fishes liue in the Sea […] Why, as Men doe a-land.

2. (now rare, poetic) To the land; ashore. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1541, The Chronicle of Calais, London 1846:

     Henry the Eighth […] departed out of England from Sowthampton, with a great navy of shipps to set that company aland in Spayne, for to helpe the kynge of Spayne agaynste the Frenche kynge […]

References

• aland in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Landa, N.D. Ala., Ndala

Northern Kurdish

Verb

aland

1. first/second/third-person singular/plural preterite of alandin

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• ?lond
• eiland / eilond
• ?land / ?lond

Noun

?land n

1. island

Inflection

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans eland or South African Dutch, from Dutch eland (“elk”), from Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete early modern German elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?l?nd/

Noun

eland (plural elands)

1. A genus of large South African antelope (Taurotragus), valued both for its hide and flesh. [from late 18th c.]

Synonyms

• Oreas (obsolete); Oreas canna (obsolete)

Translations

Further reading

• Common eland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Giant eland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Taurotragus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Taurotragus oryx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Taurotragus derbianus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Alden, Dalen, Nelda, laden, lande, laned, lean'd, naled

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eland (“elk, moose; eland”), from Middle Dutch elant (“elk, moose”), from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.lant/

Noun

eland (plural elande)

1. common eland, eland antilope, Taurotragus oryx

Descendants

• ? English: eland

Cebuano

Etymology

From English eland, from Dutch eland, from obsolete German elen, elend, from Old Lithuanian ellenis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e?land

Noun

eland

1. an eland; a large South African antelope of the genus Taurotragus

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch elant, from obsolete German elen, elend, from Middle High German elen, from Old High German elent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?l?nt/
• Hyphenation: eland

Noun

eland m (plural elanden, diminutive elandje n)

1. elk, moose, Alces alces [from 16th c.]
2. (archaic, chiefly South Africa) common eland, eland antilope, Taurotragus oryx [mid 17th - early 20th c.]

Derived terms

• elandantilope

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eland
  • ? English: eland

Anagrams

• dalen, laden, lande

Spanish

Noun

eland m (plural elands)

1. eland