sandland

See also: Sandland

English

Proper noun

sandland

1. Alternative form of Sandland
   • 1998 February 21, Par Willen <pwillen@swipnet.se>, “Re: Anybody here know Bill Clinton?”, in rec.motorcycles.harley (Usenet):

     I'll be in the UAE for a few days and admittedly the timing could have been better. If a war starts while we're down there I'll be in sandland for a while as being in an airliner above that part of the world would not the wisest move.

   • 2004 June 26, xtmprszntwlfd@erols.com, "Somebody in sandland gets it.", alt.religion.islam and uk.religion.islam, Usenet.
   • 2004 November 11–17, "U.S. To Send 30,000 Mall Security Guards To Iraq", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 311,

     "I had to retrain my eye to spot the particular dangers over here in sandland," London said.

Old English

Etymology

From sand (“sand”) +‎ land (“land”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑndˌlɑnd/

Noun

sandland n

1. (poetic) shore (of the sea)

Declension

Declension of sandland (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sandland	sandland
accusative	sandland	sandland
genitive	sandlandes	sandlanda
dative	sandlande	sandlandum