ingenmannsland

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From ingen + mann + -s- + land; direct translation of (2) Latin terra nullius (1) English no man's land. Cognate with Swedish ingenmansland.

Noun

ingenmannsland n (definite singular ingenmannslandet)

  1. (military) no man's land
  2. (figuratively) no man's land

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From ingen + mann + -s- + land; direct translation of (2) Latin terra nullius (1) English no man's land. Cognate with Swedish ingenmansland.

Noun

ingenmannsland n (definite singular ingenmannslandet)

  1. (military) no man's land
  2. (figuratively) no man's land

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.