no man's land

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• US: /ˈnoʊˌmænzˌlænd/
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Originally from Middle English Nomanneslond, which first appears c. 1350. Revived with new senses in a dispatch printed in the Times newspaper by Colonel Ernest Dunlop Swinton writing as "Eyewitness".

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: země nikoho — place where no one can or should be
• Danish: ingenmandsland — place where no one can or should be
• Estonian: eikellegimaa — place where no one can or should be
• Finnish: ei-kenenkään-maa — place where no one can or should be
• German: Niemandsland — place where no one can or should be
• Hungarian: senkiföldje — place where no one can or should be
• Italian: terra di nessuno — place where no one can or should be
• Latin: terra nullius — place where no one can or should be
• Macedonian: ничија земја (ničija zemja) — place where no one can or should be
• Norwegian Bokmål: ingenmannsland — place where no one can or should be
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ingenmannsland — place where no one can or should be
• Spanish: tierra de nadie — place where no one can or should be
• Swedish: ingenmansland — place where no one can or should be
• Czech: země nikoho — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Danish: ingenmandsland — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Dutch: niemandsland — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Estonian: eikellegimaa — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Finnish: ei-kenenkään-maa — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• German: Niemandsland — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Hungarian: senkiföldje — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Icelandic: einskismannsland — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Italian: terra di nessuno — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Macedonian: ничија земја (ničija zemja) — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Norwegian Bokmål: ingenmannsland — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ingenmannsland — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Polish: ziemia niczyja — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Spanish: tierra de nadie — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states
• Swedish: ingenmansland — stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states