"Eagleland" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From the 1994 video game EarthBound. Equivalent to eagle + -land. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|eagle|land}} eagle + -land Head templates: {{en-prop}} Eagleland
  1. (slang, humorous) The United States of America. Tags: humorous, slang Categories (place): Country nicknames, United States Derived forms: Eagleland Osmosis Related terms: Burgerland, Gringoland, Yankeeland, Yankland
    Sense id: en-Eagleland-en-name-mFKCOxQq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -land

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        {
          "ref": "2011 July 25, SteveD, “I may be crazy”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28",
          "text": "That's the thing about Eagleland. It presents a common face, but it's a mass of bickering territorialism and local laws behind the scenes.",
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        {
          "ref": "2014 May 29, -screamin-, “I would like to watch MAoS Declassified, but I don't live in bloody Eagleland. Hmmph.”, in Reddit, shield, archived from the original on 2022-08-15",
          "text": "Please do excuse my French; I've been trying vainly for about an hour, and I'm ticked off. I've read the sidebar, I just want advice - is there a legal way to do this or...? It's not like Marvel fans only exist in America, I mean, they have two Brits in the freaking main cast, I reckon they should be aware of the existence of other nationalities by now. Isn't it good if more people watch it and decide to watch the show as a result? Anyway, my forehead hurts from frowning for ages at my screen - I'm going to go calm myself down with a cuppa. Sorry about the rant.",
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          "ref": "2020 December 3, Vicdomen, “I wasted €17 on the Monster Hunter movie, so ask me whatever.”, in Reddit, MonsterHunter, archived from the original on 2022-08-15",
          "text": "For some reason this movie released in The Netherlands before it released in Eagleland.",
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          "ref": "2021 July 26, Maleficent_Ad5102, “How good is everyone else’s tap water for drinking? Here in Eagleland it’s not as good as refrigerator water, and sometimes unpurified”, in Reddit, teenagers, archived from the original on 2022-08-15",
          "text": "It depends where in Eagleland you are, cities have worse tasting tap water while developed forest communities have tap water that slaps",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 5, Otakubouzu, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-14",
          "text": "This is basically a typical sight in Jakarta. To see this in eagleland is amusing and sad in same time.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2022 August 9, TGJR777, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-09",
          "text": "On a positive note, hope Shin Ultraman comes around Eagleland during the holiday season.",
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          "word": "Burgerland"
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        {
          "word": "Gringoland"
        },
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          "word": "Yankeeland"
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          "word": "Yankland"
        }
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          "ref": "2011 July 25, SteveD, “I may be crazy”, in alt.sysadmin.recovery (Usenet), retrieved 2022-04-28",
          "text": "That's the thing about Eagleland. It presents a common face, but it's a mass of bickering territorialism and local laws behind the scenes.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2014 May 29, -screamin-, “I would like to watch MAoS Declassified, but I don't live in bloody Eagleland. Hmmph.”, in Reddit, shield, archived from the original on 2022-08-15",
          "text": "Please do excuse my French; I've been trying vainly for about an hour, and I'm ticked off. I've read the sidebar, I just want advice - is there a legal way to do this or...? It's not like Marvel fans only exist in America, I mean, they have two Brits in the freaking main cast, I reckon they should be aware of the existence of other nationalities by now. Isn't it good if more people watch it and decide to watch the show as a result? Anyway, my forehead hurts from frowning for ages at my screen - I'm going to go calm myself down with a cuppa. Sorry about the rant.",
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          "ref": "2020 December 3, Vicdomen, “I wasted €17 on the Monster Hunter movie, so ask me whatever.”, in Reddit, MonsterHunter, archived from the original on 2022-08-15",
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2022 August 9, TGJR777, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-09",
          "text": "On a positive note, hope Shin Ultraman comes around Eagleland during the holiday season.",
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        }
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