"Crown land" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 Crown land.ogg [Australia] Forms: Crown lands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Crown land (countable and uncountable, plural Crown lands)
  1. (UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) In Britain and some Commonwealth countries, land that is owned by the state, nominally titled to the reigning King or Queen of England, and whose use and disposition is controlled by a government within that Commonwealth country or by an official representative of the monarch. Tags: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: crown land Hypernyms: land Related terms: Crown Estate Translations (land owned by the state): 官地 (guāndì) (Chinese Mandarin), krongods [neuter] (Danish), valtionmaa (Finnish), Krongut [neuter] (German), Kronland [neuter] (German)

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