(usually with the definite article) An area on both sides of the river Rhine, in the west of Germany. Roughly equivalent to the former Prussian Rhine Province, now the greater part of Rhineland-Palatinate plus the south-western half of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Someone from Rhineland.

A surname. / A city, the county seat of Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.

Any (or a group) of several language varieties found in a region on both sides of the Middle and Lower Rhine river in central western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

Of or pertaining to the Rhineland.

plural of Rhinelander

One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.

plural of Rhineland bastard

(historical) In Nazi Germany, a multiracial child born of a Caucasian German mother and an African father serving with French colonial troops during the occupation of the Rhineland after World War I. These children were subjected to compulsory sterilization.

(historical) An old unit of length, equal to 12.36 feet (377.7 cm).