plural of land tax

(India) agricultural land that may not be used for industrial or residential purposes

(Britain, slang) The United States. / (Southern US) The northern states region of the United States. / (chiefly Northern US) New England.

(historical) Area of land belonging to a parish in medieval times.

(military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to explode when stepped upon or touched.

(nautical) Shouted by the ship's watch to inform the crew that land has been spotted.

(idiomatic) The greatest part of anything; the finest and most abundant share of resources; the cream of the crop.

An area of 97,000 sq. km in the north-eastern corner of the Northern Territory, Australia, controlled by the Northern Land Council, inhabited by local Aboriginals.

(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) That part of the Middle East, consisting mostly of Israel and Palestine, in which most Biblical events are set.

An ideal place that does not exist in reality.