"Wendland" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: Wendlands [plural]
Etymology: German surname, from a region of northern Germany inhabited by Wends (Slavs). See Wendt, Windland. Compare Old English Wineda land (“Slavia”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{m+|ang|Wineda land||Slavia}} Old English Wineda land (“Slavia”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Wendlands}} Wendland (plural Wendlands)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Wendland-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames

Proper name [German]

IPA: /ˈvɛntlant/ Forms: das Wendland [canonical, neuter], des Wendlands [definite, genitive], des Wendlandes [definite, genitive]
Etymology: Equivalent to Wende (“Slav”) + Land (“land”). Originally located in the very west of the Slavic area, the region preserved its Polabian dialect even when large territories to its east had long been Germanised under the eastern colonisation. The name Wendland goes back to this period as a language island. The dialect finally died out in the mid-18th century, however, having been supplanted by Low German. Etymology templates: {{com|de|Wende|Land|t1=Slav|t2=land}} Wende (“Slav”) + Land (“land”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|n,s:es.article}} das Wendland n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Wendlands or des Wendlandes)
  1. A region in northeastern Lower Saxony, Germany Tags: definite, proper-noun, strong, usually Categories (place): Places in Germany, Places in Lower Saxony
    Sense id: en-Wendland-de-name-91Q331lA Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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