-land

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The suffix -land which can be found in several countries' name and country subdivisions indicates a toponymy — a land. The word came via Germanic languages "Land", which means "soil".

Below is the list of places that ends with "-land" or "Land".

Contents 1 Country level 2 Country subdivision 2.1 Places in Norway 2.2 Places in Denmark 2.3 Places in Sweden 2.4 Places in Finland 2.5 Places in Germany 2.6 Places in Holland 2.7 Places in Poland 2.8 Places in the USA 2.9 In other countries 3 Other common names 4 See also

[edit] Country level

• Holland/Netherlands
• Finland
• Greenland/Grønland
• England
• Ireland
• Iceland/Ísland
• Deutschland
• Poland
• New Zealand
• Scotland
• Swaziland
• Switzerland
• Thailand

[edit] Country subdivision

[edit] Places in Norway

Vestlandet	Østlandet	Sørlandet	Trøndelag	Nord-Norge	(Antarctica)
Rogaland Haugaland Hjelmeland Hordaland Meland Sunnhordland Midthordland Nordhordland Akershus (Høland)	Oppland Land Søndre Land Nordre Land Telemark Grenland	Aust-Agder Iveland	Sør-Trøndelag Ørland	Nordland Helgeland Vesterålen Sortland Troms Skånland	Continental Antartica Dronning Maud Land Insular Antarctica Bouvet Island Peter I Island

[edit] Places in Denmark

• Sjælland or Zealand
• Jylland
• Sønderjylland
• Midtjylland
• Nordjylland
• Halland (No longer part of Denmark)
• Skåneland (No longer part of Denmark)
• Lolland/Laaland

[edit] Places in Sweden

Götaland	Svealand	Norrland
Dalsland Gotland Halland Småland Västergötland Öland Östergötland	Södermanland Uppland Värmland Västmanland	Gästrikland Hälsingland Jämtland Lappland Ångermanland

[edit] Places in Finland

(Names in Swedish/Names in Finnish)

• Nyland/Uusimaa
• Egentliga Finland/Varsinais-Suomi
• Östra Nyland/Itä-Uusimaa
• Egentliga Tavastland/Kanta-Häme
• Birkaland/Pirkanmaa
• Päijänne-Tavastland/Päijät-Häme
• Mellersta Finland/Keski-Suomi
• Kajanaland/Kainuu
• Lappland/Lappi
• Åland/Ahvenanmaa

[edit] Places in Germany

• A Bundesland

• Rheinland and Rheinland-Pfalz
• Saarland
• Burgenland
• Jerichower Land
• Mansfelder Land
• Weimarer Land
• Altenburger Land
• Saale-Holzland
• Berchtesgadener Land
• Dingolfing-Landau
• Landsberg
• Landshut
• Nürnberger Land
• Leipziger Land
• Zwickauer Land
• Chemnitzer Land
• Hochsauerland

[edit] Places in Holland

Province level

• Flevoland
• Friesland
• Gelderland
• Noord Holland
• Zeeland
• Zuid-Holland

City level

• Ameland
• Berkelland
• Dinkelland
• Dirksland
• Drechterland
• Gaasterland
• Kollumerland and Nieuwkruisland
• Lansingerland
• Lemsterland
• Midden-Delfland
• Montferland
• Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Noord-Beveland
• Noorder-Koggenland
• Opsterland
• Oud-Beijerland
• Reiderland
• Scharsterland
• Schouwen-Duiveland
• Sint Annaland
• Smallingerland
• Steenwijkerland
• Vlieland
• Waterland
• Wester-Koggenland
• Westland
• Wormerland
• Zwartewaterland

[edit] Places in Poland

• Chełmno Land
• Chełm land
• Dobrzyń Land
• Kłodzko Land
• Lauenburg and Bütow Land
• Lubusz Land
• Lwów Land/Lviv Land
• Michałów Land
• Sanok Land
• Sieradz Land
• Silesian-Lusatian Land
• Wieluń Land

[edit] Places in the USA

State level

• Maryland
• Rhode Island
• New England (a region, not state)

City level

• Portland
• Cleveland
• Oakland
• Ashland
• Forkland
• Courtland
• Vineland
• Saraland
• Woodland
• Ragland

Islands

• Long Island

[edit] In other countries

• Queensland - Australia
• Newfoundland - Canada
• Sudetenland - Czech Republic
• Dubailand - Dubai
• Nagaland - India
• Courland - Latvia
• Northland - New Zealand
• Auckland - New Zealand
• Westland - New Zealand
• Southland - New Zealand
• Zeeland - Netherlands
• Sealand
• Falkland
• Somaliland
• Vinland

[edit] Other common names

• Headland
• Midland
• etc.

[edit] See also

• List of islands - which technically ends with the "-land" from the word island
• Land as surnames