morning-land
English
Etymology
From morning + land, translating German Morgenland, Luther's translation of Ancient Greek ἀυατολή (auatolḗ, “(sun-)rising”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.nɪŋ.land/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ.nɪŋ.lænd/
Noun
morning-land
- (poetic, dated) The Orient; the East.
- 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 18:
- Still the old leaven remains behind: here, as elsewhere in the “Morning-land,” you cannot hold your own without employing the voie de fait.
- 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 18: