"Bookland" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From book + -land. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|book|land}} book + -land Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bookland
  1. (informal) The notional country associated with a numeric country prefix allocated in the 1980s for European Article Number identifiers of published books, regardless of country of origin. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Fictional locations
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