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German
Etymology
Morgen (“East”, literally “morning”) + Land (“land”). First attested in the Luther Bible as a translation of Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
Morgenland n (strong, genitive Morgenlandes or Morgenlands, no plural)
- (dated) Orient, lands of morning
- Synonym: Orient
- Antonyms: Abendland, Okzident
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References
- ^ Martin Luther (1522) “Matthew 2”, in Das Newe Testament Deůtzsch (later: Luther Bible), line 1: “Do Jhesus geporn war zu Bethlehem, yhm Judischen land, tzur tzeyt des konigs Herodis, sihe, da kamen die weysen vom morgenland [translating ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν (apò anatolôn)] gen Hierusalem, vnnd sprachen.”
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