How to sign: the solid part of the earth's surface
"the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground";
Similiar / Same: dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth
Categories: object, physical object
Within this category: America, archipelago, beachfront, cape, coastal plain, floor, foreland, forest, hills, island, isthmus, landmass, mainland, neck, oxbow, peninsula, plain, slash, wonderland
How to sign: the territory occupied by a nation
"he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries";
Similiar / Same: country, state
Categories: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
Within this category: African country, Antigua and Barbuda, Asian country, Australia, Bahamas, banana republic, Barbados, buffer state, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Comoros, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Etruria, European country, fatherland, Fiji, Grenada, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, kingdom, Kiribati, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, North American country, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rus, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South American country, Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, sultanate, tax haven, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, Vanuatu
How to sign: material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
"the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil";
Similiar / Same: dirt, soil, ground
Categories: object, physical object
Within this category: badlands, bottomland, coastland, cultivated land, overburden, permafrost, rangeland, turf, wetland
How to sign: a politically organized body of people under a single government
"the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land";
Similiar / Same: nation, res publica, body politic, country, commonwealth, state
Categories: political unit
Within this category: ally, city state, Dominion, Reich, rogue state, sea power, suzerain, world power