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, uncountable)

  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, uncountable)

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

References

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