merland

English

Etymology

From mer- +‎ land.

Proper noun

merland

1. A mythical land of mermaids and merfolk.
   • 2004, Edith Nesbit, Wet Magic:

     "I know what you would say and I know what I should answer, dear Ulfin, if you were only a commoner of Merland. ... and I am a Mermaid, […] "

   • 2010, Judith Gilman, Mermaids of the Siuslaw:

     […] or she could bolt and hurry back to the shore, hoping that two wolphins might return to haul her tired body back to Merland off Oregon.

Anagrams

• mandrel