A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.
Origin
From Old French lande ("wooded area") (French lande), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą ("land") or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ("land, heath"). land.
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