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Etymology

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From mer- +‎ land.

Proper noun

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merland

  1. A mythical land of mermaids and merfolk.
    • 2004, Edith Nesbit, Wet Magic:
      "I know what you would say and I know what I should answer, dear Ulfin, if you were only a commoner of Merland. ... and I am a Mermaid, [] "
    • 2010, Judith Gilman, Mermaids of the Siuslaw:
      [] or she could bolt and hurry back to the shore, hoping that two wolphins might return to haul her tired body back to Merland off Oregon.

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