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The Spanish word for land is
tierra





land

Gender

The gender of tierra is feminine. E.g. la tierra.

Plural

The plural of tierra is tierras.

Spanish Definition


land
     1. n. Tierra:
           Superficie del planeta no cubierta de agua
           Suelo o sustancia que lo compone
           Parte de la superficie de la tierra que puede ser o es una propiedad.
           Recursos naturales empleados en los medios de producción
           Parte de la superficie de la tierra que esta delimintada por fronteras politicas.
     2. n. Terreno.
     3. n. Campo (región rural).
     4. Desembarcar.
     5. Aterrizar
     6. Llevar o causar.
     7. Tocar tierra de una embarcación



Translations for land and their definitions

aterrizar
     1. v. to land (e.g. an airplane)
     2. v. to come back to reality, to stop dreaming


aterrar
     1. v. to bring down, to ground
     2. v. to cover with earth, soil, sand, etc.
     3. v. to land
     4. v. to scare


Tierra
     1. Proper noun. Earth
     2. n-f. (geography) land, ground (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water)
     3. n-f. (geology) earth, soil (the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth)
     4. n-f. land, terrain (an area of land or the particular features of it)
     5. n-f. (agriculture, also, in the plural) land, terrain (reserved for growing crops)
     6. n-f. homeland (one's country of birth)
     7. n-f. land, country, nation, territory (a country or region)
     8. n-f. (electricity) ground, earth (a connection electrically to the earth on equipment)
     9. n-f. (alchemy) earth (one of the four or five classical elements)
     10. Proper noun. (alt case, Tierra, t=Earth) (our planet, third from the Sun)


patria
     1. n-f. homeland, fatherland, motherland
     2. adj. feminine singular of patrio


país
     1. n-m. country (the territory of a nation)
     2. n-m. country, land (a set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits)
           País Vasco - Basque Country
           El País de las Maravillas - Wonderland


Dictionary entries from Wiktionary

Pronunciation

Mexican Dialect

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