torra land

Swedish

Etymology

From torra (“dry (definite or plural)”) +‎ land (“land”). Earlier also "torra landet" (the dry land), which would be expected grammatically, but is no longer idiomatic (though "torra land" can also be read as "dry lands").

Noun

torra land n (uncountable)

1. dry land

   på torra land

   on dry land

See also

• på landbacken

References

• torr in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)