bloodlands

English

plural noun

Definitions

A region comprising modern-day Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and the Baltic states, where the 20th-century regimes of Stalin and Hitler interacted to cause significant suffering and bloodshed.

Etymology

Compound from English blood (red) + English lands.

Origin

English

lands

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Bloodgate English
Canyonlands English
Czechlands English
ablood English
badlands English
beblood English
blood English
blood wurst English
blood-red English
bloodbath English
bloodberry English
bloodbird English
bloodborne English
blooded English
blooden English
blooder English
bloodfed English
bloodfest English
bloodfin English
bloodguilt English
bloodguilty English
bloodhead English
bloodheat English
bloodhound English
bloodhungry English
blooding English
bloodleaf English
bloodless English
bloodlet English
bloodletter English
bloodletting English
bloodlike English
bloodline English
bloodloss English
bloodlust English
bloodmeal English
bloodmobile English
bloodnut English
bloodplay English
bloodroot English
bloodscape English
bloodshed English
bloodshedder English
bloodshedding English
bloodshot English
bloodshotting English
bloodsoaked English
bloodsome English
bloodsport English
bloodspot English
bloodstain English
bloodstained English
bloodstaining English
bloodstick English
bloodstock English
bloodstone English
bloodstream English
bloodstroke English
bloodsucker English
bloodsucking English
bloodthirst English
bloodthirster English
bloodthirsting English
bloodthirsty English
bloodwood English
bloodwork English
bloodwort English
bloody English
croplands English
cryoblood English
docklands English
floodlands English
gutterblood English
half-blood English
heart-blood English
lands English
lifeblood English
mixblood English
moonblood English
nonblood English
noseblood English
outlands English
oxblood English
pureblood English
self-blood English
youngblood English
blood Middle English
μπλάντι Greek (modern)
blad Torres Strait Creole