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no-man's-land

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no-man's-land
n
1. (Military) land between boundaries, esp an unoccupied zone between opposing forces
2. an unowned or unclaimed piece of land
3. an ambiguous area of activity or thought
Translations
no-man's-land [ˈnəʊmænzˌlænd] nterra di nessuno

no-man's-land
n no-man's-land [ˈnəumӕnzlӕnd]
land which no-one owns or controls, especially between opposing armies. niemandsland أرْض مُحايِـِدَه، غيْر تابِعَه لأحَد ничия земя země nikoho ingenmandsland das Niemandsland ουδέτερη ζώνη tierra de nadie eikellegimaa سرزمين بى صاحب ei kenenkään maa zone neutre שֶׁטָח הֶפקֵר लावारिस, अस्वामिक, स्वामीहीन या अवान्तर भूमि ničija zemlja senkiföldje daerah tak bertuan einskismannsland, hlutlaust svæði terra di nessuno 無人地帯 황무지 niekieno žemė nevienam nepiederoša zeme, neitrālā josla kawasan bebas antara sempadan niemandsland ingenmannsland ziemia niczyja terra de ninguém no man's land ничейная земля; нейтральная зона zem nikoho nikogaršnje ozemlje ničija zemlja ingenmansland พรมแดนระหว่าง2ประเทศหรือ2กองทัพที่ยังไม่มีผู้ครอบครอง tampon bölge 無主土地,無人地帶 нейтральна зона ايسي زمين جو کسي کي ملکيت ميں نہ ہو vành đai trắng


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These were that Lord John had found himself some years before in that no-man's-land which is formed by the half-defined frontiers between Peru, Brazil, and Columbia.
The European governments in whose possessions they worked had long sought them; but, working their way slowly out of the north they had learned many things in the no-man's-land south of the Sahara which gave them immunity from capture through easy avenues of escape that were unknown to those who pursued them.
 
 
 
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