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PRONUNCIATION OF WASTE LAND

Waste Land  [weɪst lænd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WASTE LAND

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Waste Land 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 WASTE LAND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Waste Land in the English dictionary

The definition of Waste Land in the dictionary is the Waste Land a poem by T.S. Eliot.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WASTE LAND


aland
əˈlænd
bland
blænd
Disneyland
ˈdɪznɪˌlænd
farmland
ˈfɑːmˌlænd
Gelderland
ˈɡɛldəˌlænd
gland
ɡlænd
heartland
ˈhɑːtˌlænd
homeland
ˈhəʊmˌlænd
Lakeland
ˈleɪkˌlænd
land
lænd
Maryland
ˈmɛərɪˌlænd
overland
ˈəʊvəˌlænd
planned
ˈplænd
Queensland
ˈkwiːnzˌlænd
southland
ˈsaʊθˌlænd
Swaziland
ˈswɑːzɪˌlænd
Thailand
ˈtaɪˌlænd
timberland
ˈtɪmbəˌlænd
wasteland
ˈweɪstˌlænd
wonderland
ˈwʌndəˌlænd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WASTE LAND

Wassermann reaction
Wassermann test
wassup
wast
Wast Water

WORDS THAT END LIKE WASTE LAND

Arnhem Land
Byrd Land
Enderby Land
Franz Josef Land
Graham Land
Holy Land
Marie Byrd Land
Palmer Land
Promised Land
Queen Maud Land
Rupert´s Land
the Holy Land
Van Diemen´s Land
Victoria Land
Wilkes Land

Synonyms and antonyms of Waste Land in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Waste Land» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WASTE LAND

Find out the translation of Waste Land to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Waste Land from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Waste Land» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

荒原
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Waste Land
570 millions of speakers

English

Waste Land
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वेस्ट लैंड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ارض النفايات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Бесплодная земля
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Waste Land
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্জ্য জমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Waste Land
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanah Sisa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Waste Land
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

荒地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

폐기물 토지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Limbah Tanah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chất thải đất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கழிவு நில
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेस्टची वेस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Atık Arazi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Waste Land
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Teren odpadów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безплідна земля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Teren de deșeuri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Land αποβλήτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

woestyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Waste Land
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Waste Land
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Waste Land

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTE LAND»

The term «Waste Land» is regularly used and occupies the 91.827 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WASTE LAND» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASTE LAND»

Discover the use of Waste Land in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Waste Land and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Waste Land
The Waste Land is a 434-line modernist poem by T. S. Eliot published in 1922.
T. S. Eliot, 2014
2
Reading "The Waste Land": Modernism and the Limits of ...
Single most important study of T. S. Eliot to have appeared in the last twenty years. Essential reading.
Jewel Spears Brooker, 1992
3
The Annotated Waste Land with Eliot's Contemporary Prose
The definitive edition of the most influential poem of the twentieth century
Lawrence S. Rainey, 2006
4
Revisiting "The Waste Land"
Lawrence Rainey not only resolves longstanding mysteries surrounding the composition of the poem but also overturns traditional interpretations of the poem that have prevailed for more than eighty years.
Lawrence Rainey, 2008
5
T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land
Suggests the fragmentation of civilization following World War I. Because of its changes of speaker, location, and time, as well as its numerous literary and cultural references, this work is often used in the classroom to illustrate how to ...
Harold Bloom, 2007
6
The Waste Land and Other Poems
T. S. Eliot. Books by T. S. Eliot available in Harvest paperback editions from Harcourt, Inc. Christianity and Culture The Cocktail Party The Confidential Clerk The Family Reunion Four Quartets The Letters of T. S. Eliot, Vol. i, 1898-1922 Murder ...
T. S. Eliot, 2014
7
The Waste Land Suite
Inspired by T. S. Eliot's famous poem, The Waste Land, Marilyn Peck has created the 48 paintings in watercolour, most of them miniatures measuring 100 x 100mm and reproduced at the same size.
‎2004
8
The Waste Land and Other Writings
" As influential as his verse, T.S. Eliot's criticism also exerted a transformative effect on twentieth-century letter, and this new edition of The Waste Land and Other Writings includes a selection of Eliot's most important essays.
T.S. Eliot, 2009
9
Waste land: meditations on a ravaged landscape
The harrowing centerpiece of this book is Hanson's "Waste Land series. In 1982, from some 400,000 toxic sites throughout the U.S.A., the Environmental Pro
David T. Hanson, Wendell Berry, Mark Dowie, 1997
10
After the Waste Land: A Democratic Economics for the Year 2000
This critique of Reaganomics attempts to provide alternatives to both the supply experiments of the 1980s and neoliberal strategies of austerity.
Samuel Bowles, 1990

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASTE LAND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Waste Land is used in the context of the following news items.
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On Eliot's 125th, His 'Waste Land' Hasn't Lost Its Glamour
The setting was a dinner party, and ... coming out of it, Liveright found himself the possessor of the rights to [James Joyce's] Ulysses and also The Waste Land. «NPR, Sep 13»
2
Recyclers Turn Rio 'Waste Land' Into High Art
Waste Land tells the story of workers at Brazil's largest landfill, Jardim Gramacho. The workers wade through the thousands of tons of garbage that arrive each ... «NPR, Feb 11»
3
Waste Land: One man's trash is another man's … art?
No matter who you side with here, Waste Land - the title should come with a question mark - is a fascinating adventure, populated by memorable characters. «Globe and Mail, Nov 10»
4
From a Universe of Trash, Recycling Art and Hope
Waste Land” is more interested in the subjects of Mr. Muniz's pieces than in the artistic process, which is barely described. They include Irma, who stirs up stews ... «New York Times, Oct 10»

REFERENCE
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