foras land

English

Etymology

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Noun

foras land (countable and uncountable, plural foras lands)

1. (India, historical) Land reclaimed from the sea by constructing causeways or embankments.

Related terms

• forasdar

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “foras land”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].