Land

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Land may refer to:

• Land, the part of the Earth that is not covered by water
• terrestrial ecoregion
  • Landform, a feature of the land
  • Landscape, the layout, appearance and character of a land area
  • Land bridge, a feature exposed during periods of low sea level
    
• Länder, the Federal states of Germany or Austria
• län in Sweden (and lääni in Finland)

A synonym for a region belonging to a people:

• A country, a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity
• A nation, particularly in the absence of a state or government
• Motherland
• fatherland
• homeland

• Specific regions:
• Lands of Sweden
• Lands of Denmark
• Ziemia, or Lands of Poland
• Land, Norway, a specific region in Norway
• Land borders, a list of the borders of various nations

In law:

• Real property
• real estate and ownership interests
• Estate in land, law regarding land ownership and titles
• Landlord, the owner of real estate which is leased
• Land claims, disputed lands
• Land rights

In economics:

• Land (economics), a factor of production comprising all naturally occurring resources
• Land economy, the study of land usage and development
• Land grant, a gift of land made by the government for public projects
• Land reform, the redistribution of land

In music:

• LAND, an American jazz/rock/world music ensemble
• LAND (album), the eponymous first album by the group LAND
• Land (1975-2002), compilation album by Patti Smith
• Land (album), an album by Faroese metal band Týr

A surname found in Britain, Denmark, Germany and the US:

• Edwin H. Land, American pioneer of instant photography and polarizing filters
• Professor Frank Land, British Information systems researcher
• Michael Land, American composer and musician
• Professor Michael F. Land, British neurobiologist

Other:

• Land Camera, the first "instant camera", developed by Edwin H. Land.
• Land Institute, a non-profit agricultural study center Kansas USA
• LAND, a DoS (Denial of Service) attack used in the Internet
• A landing
• Lands, the raised helical grooves in rifled gun barrels

[edit] See also

• The Land (disambiguation)
• Holy Land
• No Man's Land
• Promised land
• Land Banking