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name
A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A suburb of the City of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
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noun
Turf; soil; ground; sod.
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noun
In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A field or meadow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: poetic
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noun
A piece of earth containing ore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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noun
plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne
History
From Old French glebe, from Latin glaeba (“lump of earth, clod”). Doublet of gleba.
Across languages
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