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Landstrich
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German
Etymology
17th century, from de Land land Strich stroke, stretch. Compare nl streek region.
Pronunciation
de De-Landstrich.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,s:es
area, district, landscape geographical region of lesser size, typically sparsely inhabitated
de 2010 w:Der Spiegel http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/index-2010-46.html 46/2010 94 In der nordkanadischen Wildnis, nahe dem Großen Sklavensee, liegt ein Landstrich, den die Ureinwohner Nechalacho nennen. In the northern Canadian wilderness, close to the Great Slave Lake, there is an area that the native inhabitants call Nechalacho.
Declension
m,s:es
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