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Meaning of "pennyland" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PENNYLAND

ˈpɛnɪˌlænd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENNYLAND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pennyland is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENNYLAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pennyland

A pennyland is an old Scottish land measurement. It was found in the West Highlands, and also Galloway, and believed to be of Norse origin. It is frequently found in minor placenames. Skene in Celtic Scotland says: "in the eastern district there is a uniform system of land denomination consisting of 'dabhachs', 'ploughgates' and 'oxgangs', each 'dabhach' consisting of four 'ploughgates' and each 'ploughgate' containing eight 'oxgangs'. "As soon as we cross the great chain of mountains separating the eastern from the western waters, we find a different system equally uniform. The 'ploughgates' and 'oxgangs' disappear, and in their place we find 'dabhachs' and 'pennylands'. The portion of land termed a 'dabhach' is here also called a 'tirung' or 'ounceland', and each 'dabhach' contains 20 pennylands." The Rev. Dr Campbell of Broadford on Skye says: "the system of land measure which prevailed in the Western Isles, and then took root in Argyll was neither Pictish nor Irish, but Norse. The unit was the ‘ounce-’land, i.e. the extent of land which paid the rent of an ounce of silver. The word was borrowed by Gaelic and appears as ‘unnsa’.

Definition of pennyland in the English dictionary

The definition of pennyland in the dictionary is in Caithness and the Orkney and Shetland islands, a piece of land on which one penny's worth of tax was owed to the overlord. Other definition of pennyland is in Scotland, a piece of land for which the rent was one penny.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENNYLAND

Disneyland · Dixieland · fairyland · fantasyland · farmland · Gelderland · heartland · homeland · Lakeland · Maryland · Matabeleland · overland · Queensland · Somaliland · southland · Swaziland · Thailand · timberland · wasteland · wonderland

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENNYLAND

penny loafer · penny shares · penny whistle · penny-a-liner · penny-dreadful · penny-farthing · penny-gaff · penny-in-the-slot machine · penny-pincher · penny-pinching · penny-wise · penny-wise and pound-foolish · pennyboy · pennycress · pennyfee · pennyroyal · pennyweight · pennywinkle · pennywort · pennyworth

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENNYLAND

Cleveland · Deutschland · England · Falkland · Finland · Greenland · holland · Iceland · Ireland · island · land · mainland · Nederland · New Zealand · Poland · Portland · Roland · Switzerland · Wayland · Zealand

Synonyms and antonyms of pennyland in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pennyland» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENNYLAND

Find out the translation of pennyland to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of pennyland from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pennyland» in English.
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pennyland
1,325 millions of speakers
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Pennyland
570 millions of speakers
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pennyland
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pennyland
380 millions of speakers
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pennyland
280 millions of speakers
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pennyland
278 millions of speakers
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Pennyland
270 millions of speakers
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pennyland
260 millions of speakers
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Pennyland
220 millions of speakers
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Pennyland
190 millions of speakers
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Pennyland
180 millions of speakers
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pennyland
130 millions of speakers
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pennyland
85 millions of speakers
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Pennyland
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pennyland
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pennyland
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पैन्नीलँड
75 millions of speakers
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Pennyland
70 millions of speakers
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Pennyland
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Pennyland
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pennyland
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pennyland
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Pennyland
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pennyland
14 millions of speakers
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Penny
10 millions of speakers
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Penny
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Trends of use of pennyland

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENNYLAND»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pennyland

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENNYLAND»

Discover the use of pennyland in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pennyland and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pennyland and Hartigans: Two Iron Age and Saxon Sites in ...
Report on the excavation of two sites in the Ouzel Valley; both were settled in the Iron Age and the Saxon period.
Robert John Williams, H. Stephen Green, R. J. Zeepvat, 1993
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Publications
11 — James Earl of Morton, George Douglas of Pennyland, John Inglis of Langlandhill, and Mungo Inglis of Wintermure, became sureties for William Douglas, in terms of the following Warrant. Rex, Justice Clerk and 5our deputis, it is our will, ...
‎1833
3
Origines Parochiales Scotiae: The Antiquities Ecclesiastical ...
... apprised in favour of the same Lawrence.' In 1538 King James V. granted in heritage to William Earl Marischal and Lady Margaret Keith his wife, with remainder to the earl's heirs whomsoever, certain lands, including a pennyland of Ratar, ...
‎1855
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Pennyland Project
The Pennyland project was one of a series of low-energy building experiments sparked by the 1973 oil crisis. It involved the construction of an estate of 177 houses in the Pennyland area of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
Proteus Val Re Kresten, 2011
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History of the counties of Ayr and Wigton
He was succeeded, 1547, by his sou Adam Douglas of Pennyland. "Nov. 17, 1578. — William Wallace in Auchindonane . . gaif heretabill stait and sesing to Gcorge Douglas manger of Pennyland, and Margaret Douglas, his spous, peraonalie ...
James Paterson, 1863
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Sagas, Saints and Settlements
Although this evidence is mostly from the later Middle Ages, and generally post- dates Norse control of the areas concerned, the concordance between the ounceland / pennyland distribution and other evidence of Norse settlement clearly ...
Gareth Williams, Paul Bibire, 2004
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The Long Eighth Century
Pennyland, Buckinghamshire, does not entirely conform to the picture I have been sketching, but in this case the exception does seem to prove the rule. Some time between the seventh and early eighth centuries, a small, dispersed settlement ...
Inge Lyse Hansen, Chris Wickham, 2000
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The Northern Isles: Orkney and Shetland
But in a sasine of 1 643 , land sold there included half a mark of udal land in the pennyland of Nether Mirbister, specified as the 'third rig of every aucht rig of the said pennyland'. The two other pennylands were not involved, and the Nether ...
Alexander Fenton, 1997
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A Handbook of Small Data Sets
HOUSE INSULATION: PENNYLAND 92. Destination of school leavers The Open University (1983) MDST242 Statistics in Society, Unit B3: Education: does sex matter?, Milton Keynes: The Open University, Figure 3.7. These data were derived ...
David J. Hand, Fergus Daly, K. McConway, 1993
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Billboard
The Stanley Sport- land, largest of the arcades, has 14 United Shuffle Bowling Express machines. Cedar Avenue Pennyland has four United machines out front; Casino Arcade Park Pennyland has 10 United machines, and the Maple Avenue  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENNYLAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pennyland is used in the context of the following news items.
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Global Holdings Inc (OTCMKTS:GBHD) Marches into the Unknown
So, according to the financial report, GBHD is a profitable company that's in a pretty good shape by Pennyland standards. Why, then, have ... «HotStocked, Jul 15»
2
Puget Technologies Inc (OTCMKTS:PUGE) Knocked Down by a …
These sort of runs are not really uncommon in Pennyland, but a lot of people were quite confused by PUGE's sudden surge because it was ... «HotStocked, Jul 15»
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Gold & Silver Mining (OTCMKTS:CJTF) Plunges Back into Triple …
... they almost sound too good to be true, and, as we've established numerous times on these pages, this is not such a great thing in Pennyland. «HotStocked, Jul 15»
4
Dominovas Energy Corp (OTCMKTS:DNRG) is Still Hot
Everything is possible in Pennyland. But is there any penny stock out there that actually deserves to make a jump as incredible as this? Well ... «HotStocked, Jul 15»
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One World Holdings Inc (OTCMKTS:OWOO) Is Sick of Being a Sub …
Some of you probably aren't too bothered about this, but in Pennyland, where investors lose money on a daily basis, it could be perceived by a ... «HotStocked, Jun 15»
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Trans-Pacific Aerospace Company Inc (OTCMKTS:TPAC) Tries to …
In September 2014, for example, the O/S count stood at just over 166 million which, by Pennyland standards, is not that huge. By the end of ... «HotStocked, Jun 15»
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One World Holdings Inc (OTCMKTS:OWOO) Logs Massive Gains in …
And in Pennyland, this is a very long time. Especially when you consider the dilution the stock has gone through. At the beginning of last year, ... «HotStocked, Jun 15»
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A Close Look at Digital Development Group Corp (OTCMKTS:DIDG)
DIDG continues to wallow away in sub pennyland on light volume in recent weeks; this stock proves it loves to move when it popped over 300% ... «MicroCap Daily, Jun 15»
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Flag day planned to mark unveiling of winning design
The panel was particularly delighted with the feedback from local pupils and college students with entries having flooded in from Pennyland, ... «John O'Groat Journal, Jun 15»
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Coates International Ltd (OTCMKTS:COTE) Takes a Breather
It must be said that this sort of announcements don't appear every day in Pennyland. But is jumping in simply because of a single press release ... «HotStocked, Jun 15»
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