foras land
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[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]foras land (countable and uncountable, plural foras lands)
- (India, historical) Land reclaimed from the sea by constructing causeways or embankments.
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[edit]References
[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “foras land”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].