torra land

Swedish

Etymology

From torra (“dry (definite or plural)”) +‎ land (“land”). Earlier also "torra landet" (the dry land), which would be expected grammatically, but is no longer idiomatic (though "torra land" can also be read as "dry lands").

Noun

torra land n (uncountable)

  1. dry land
    på torra land
    on dry land

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