Added 9 October 2026
landscape
/ˈlan(d)skeɪp/ noun
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about landscape at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
- A portion of land which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects thus seen.
- A sociological aspect of a physical area.
verb
Origin
From an alteration (due to Dutch landschap) of earlier landskip, lantschip, from Middle English *landschippe, *landschapp, from Old English landsċipe, landsċeap (“region, district, tract of land”); in some senses from Dutch landschap (“region, district, province, landscape”), from Middle Dutch landscap, lantscap (“region”), from Old Dutch *landskepi, *landskapi (“region”).
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