different between outlying vs outland
outlying
English
Etymology
From outlie (Etymology 2) +? -ing.
Adjective
outlying (comparative more outlying, superlative most outlying)
- Relatively remote from some central location.
- Located outside of some boundary or limit.
Synonyms
- (relatively remote): distant, far; see also Thesaurus:distant
Related terms
- outlier
Translations
Noun
outlying (plural outlyings)
- A region relatively remote from a central location.
- 1975, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution Control Act of 1972: Effect on Small Communities
- The other areas and the outlyings will have to come in at a later date, although the council wrestles with that periodically. But the amount of money involved would be substantial.
- 1975, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Environmental Pollution, Water Pollution Control Act of 1972: Effect on Small Communities
References
- “outlying” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- outlying in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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outland
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English outland, outlond, from Old English ?tland (“foreign land, land abroad”), from Proto-Germanic *?tland? (“outland”), equivalent to out- +? land Cognate to Dutch uitland, Afrikaans uitland, German Ausland. The use in the phrase "outland German" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the German cognate of the same meaning, Auslandsdeutsche (see Ausland). The use in the phrase "outland Chinese" is influenced by (or is a calque of) the Chinese term of the same meaning, ?? / ?? (huáqiáo).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: out?land
Adjective
outland (not comparable)
- Provincial: from a province (of the same land).
- Foreign: from abroad, from a foreign land.
- 1921, Gordon Bottomley, Gruach and Britain's daughter: two plays, page 74:
- These outland Romans will not kill us all If you permit them to do their governing, Which is so dear to them, over you and us.
- 1966, Donald Davidson, Poems, 1922-1961, page 107:
- I heard strange pipes when I was young, / Piping songs of an outland tongue.
- 1921, Gordon Bottomley, Gruach and Britain's daughter: two plays, page 74:
- (used with ethnic nationalities) Living abroad, living in a foreign land, expatriate.
- 1919, William Milligan Sloane, The powers and aims of western democracy, page 402:
- Whatever dependence the Pan-German chauvinist had placed on outland Germans proved to be a broken reed.
- 1949, The Reader's Digest, volume 54, page 101:
- When the "outland Danes," who live in other countries, return by the thousand for the summer festivals, they gather first in the grim 13th-century fortress of Kronborg, [...]
- 1980, New Society, volume 51, page 546:
- To China, it is "Chinese territory under British administration" : its citizens are regarded as "home Chinese," not "outland Chinese," and can travel freely to the mother country.
- 2001 June 12, "Mike Echo Mike" (username), "Why do I fly !!!", in rec.aviation.student, Usenet:
- And Bruno's name is "Bienenfeld" meaning that I would place him as what are in Cleveland anyway called "Donau Schwaben" i.e., outland Germans living in SE Europe [...]
- 1919, William Milligan Sloane, The powers and aims of western democracy, page 402:
Synonyms
- (living abroad): expatriate
Noun
outland (plural outlands)
- (especially in the plural) Any outlying area of a country; the provinces.
Hypernyms
- (structural) land
Derived terms
- outlander
- outlandish
- outlands
Etymology 2
out- +? land
Verb
outland (third-person singular simple present outlands, present participle outlanding, simple past and past participle outlanded)
- (martial arts) To land more (punches, kicks etc.) than.
Anagrams
- Daulton
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