Difference between revisions of "Fredeland"

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* ''Dutch'' '''eland''': elk
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* '''faedreland:''' (''Danish'') Fatherland → Ireland, whose five fifths (the five provinces of the early Christian period) are enumerated in the following five phrases
  
* The '''Eland '''is the largest extant species antelope, standing five feet at the shoulder. It is found in southern (Taurotragus ''oryx'') and eastern Africa (T. ''derbianus''). (Cf. other species of hoofed ruminants: [[Pricket's sister | Pricket]], [[Elk]], [[Dik | Dik Dik]], [[Hind]]).
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* '''fred:''' (''Norwegian'') peace
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* '''freed land'''
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* '''eland:''' (''Dutch'') elk
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* '''eland:''' the largest extant species antelope, standing five feet at the shoulder. It is found in southern Africa (''Taurotragus oryx'') and eastern Africa (''T. derbianus'') → cf. other species of hoofed ruminants in this passage: [[Pricket's_sister|Pricket]], [[Elk]], [[Dik|Dik Dik]], [[Hind]]
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[[Category:Dutch phrases]]
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[[Category:Danish phrases]]
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[[Category:Norwegian phrases]]

Revision as of 03:48, 7 January 2007

  • faedreland: (Danish) Fatherland → Ireland, whose five fifths (the five provinces of the early Christian period) are enumerated in the following five phrases
  • fred: (Norwegian) peace
  • freed land
  • eland: (Dutch) elk
  • eland: the largest extant species antelope, standing five feet at the shoulder. It is found in southern Africa (Taurotragus oryx) and eastern Africa (T. derbianus) → cf. other species of hoofed ruminants in this passage: Pricket, Elk, Dik Dik, Hind