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österland

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Swedish

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Etymology

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öster (east) +‎ land (land)

Proper noun

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österland n (genitive österlands)

  1. (exoticizing) the East, the Orient
    Synonym: Orienten
    • 2015 December 15, Lars Moberg, “Uzbekistan – landet vars regim kan ha beställt mordet”, in Sveriges Television[1], archived from the original on 2018-07-08:
      Viktig var handeln med Kina även i historisk tid med Samarkand som en station längs Sidenvägen, den handelsled som förband Europa med Österlandet.
      Trade with China was important even in historical times, with Samarkand as a station along the Silk Road, the trade route that connected Europe with the East.
    • 2017 September 20, Mårten Mellberg, “Egypten i fokus på Östergötlands museum”, in Sveriges Radio[2], archived from the original on 2025-02-17:
      I utställningen "Österlandets skatter" visas föremål från Kina, Persien och Japan.
      In the exhibition "Treasures of the Orient" artefacts from China, Persia, and Japan are displayed.

Usage notes

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Mostly used in the definite singular form.

Declension

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Declension of österland
nominative genitive
singular indefinite österland österlands
definite österlandet österlandets
plural indefinite
definite

Derived terms

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