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Uttal

  • US:
    • IPA: /ˈnoʊˌmænzˌlænd/
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /nəʊˌmænsˈlænd/
    • IPA: /noʊˌmænsˈlænd/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.ingenmansland {ett}

Definitioner

Substantiv

  1. (military) The ground between trenches where a soldier from either side would be easily targeted.
  2. A place where no one can or should be.
  3. (tennis) The area between the backcourt and the space close to the net, from which it is difficult to return the ball.
  4. (politics, geography) Territory, often disputed, that cannot be inhabited because of fear of conflict, especially:
  5. Tracts of uninhabited territory close to the Iron Curtain.
  6. The stretch of land between the border posts of two contiguous sovereign states, sometimes separated by great distance.
  7. Land not claimed by any recognized sovereign state; terra nullius.

Exempel

  • There’s a 137-square-mile chunk of Franklin County [...] referred to as "no man’s land" because it isn’t protected by any of the county’s four fire districts.
  • Now, George, if you’re going to consider this question from the point of view of poetry, you’re off to No Man’s Land, where I won’t follow you.

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