Eland

Meaning

Proper Noun

Origin

  • Various etymologies:
  • English habitational surname, from the town of Elland, in West Yorkshire, or from the village of Ealand, in North Lincolnshire, all of which derive from Old English ealand ("cultivated land by a river").
  • Borrowed from Dutch Eland, a personal name composed of adel + land.
  • From eland.

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