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land ahoy

intj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Shouted by the ship's watch to inform the crew that land has been spotted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: земя! (zemja!) — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Czech: země na obzoru — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Esperanto: tero videbla — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Esperanto: bordo vidata — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Finnish: maata näkyvissä — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • French: terre en vue — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Galician: terra á vista — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • German: Land in Sicht — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Greek: στεριά στον ορίζοντα (steriá ston orízonta) — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Hungarian: föld — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Icelandic: landsýn — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Polish: ziemia na horyzoncie — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Portuguese: terra à vista — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Russian: земля́ видна́ (zemljá vidná) — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Spanish: tierra a la vista — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Swedish: land i sikte — interjection shouted by the ship's watch
  • Turkish: kara göründü — interjection shouted by the ship's watch