Translation
country, land
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Examples
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He came from a distant country.
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Our country is small but beautiful.
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In many countries people speak Esperanto.
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She travelled through three countries.
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The king ruled the country for many years.
is the country as territory. is the people as a nation, the state as a political entity, and the people generally - Esperanto keeps distinctions English lets "country" swallow. Country names often use the root directly: o or Anglio, o or Germanio, built from the inhabitant. Useful derivatives are enlanda (domestic), (abroad), eksterlandano (a foreigner) and for a compatriot, which is exactly the sort of word a language built for international meetings would need early.
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Word family
Words built on lando with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- eksterlandaadjective
foreign
eksterlando: of outside the country
- eksterlandonoun
abroad, foreign countries
eksterlando: the land outside
- hejmlandonoun
homeland, home country
hejmolando
- landlimonoun
national border; frontier
landolimo
- re臐landonoun
kingdom, a land ruled by a king
re臐olando
- samlandanonoun
compatriot, fellow countryman
samalando-an-: a member of the same country
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 3: lando, super, opinii and 5 more words.