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Land goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *landam. This seems originally to have meant 'particular (enclosed) area' (ancestor of the modern sense 'nation'), but in due course it branched out to 'solid surface of the earth in general'. The term is now common to all the Germanic languages, and it has distant relatives in Welsh llan 'enclosure, church' and Breton lann 'heath' (source of French lande 'heath, moor', from which English gets lawn).
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What land did john Cabot explore?
he exsplored for england and named it fagner's land........................
What colony was named after the man who was given the land by king charles 2?
Pennsylvania, named after William Penn even though he didn't want it to be named after him.
What made leif eriksson name America?
Leif Erickson named America because he found it so he named it . He named it New found land .
What new land did Ferdinand Magellan discover?
He discovered the Philippines. He also named the Pacific Ocean and he named a strait after himself.
Why is the black land called black land?
It's called black land because black is fertile soil, and fertile soil is black. Soil is the land so it's named black land.
Who named your cities in the US?
They were named by different types of people. Most commonly were from the Native Americans, their tribes named some places after their leaders or tribes. Land that was owned by Mexico were named by Mexican natives before the land was sold to America. Unnamed land, or land stolen by the Europeans from the Native Americans was re-named to names we know today by the Europeans, or White people. Explorers also named some land. Immigrant based cities named some cities also, immigrants vary from different countries.
What was the land of the american land before it was named north America?
the new world
What was promised land?
The promised land that God had promised to the Isrealites was named Canaan.
What was the land named after Abraham's grandson?
Israel.
Which country is named as land of ice?
Canada
Who visited and named Van Diemen's Land and also named Murderer's Bay?
Abel Tasman
Whats named after an English queen?
mary land
Where did the pilgrams land at?
they landed on a rock and named it plymoth
Who discovered ice land?
a person named Naddoddr
What desert is named 'red land'?
The Colorado Desert.
What country named land of free?
United States
What did Henry Hudson do when he found land?
he named it after him self
