English
Westland
From west + land.
Proto-Indo-European *wek⁽ʷ⁾speros ‘evening’
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Proto-Germanic *westrą
Proto-West Germanic *westr ‘western’
Old English west
Middle English west
English west
Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land’
Proto-Germanic *landą
Proto-West Germanic *land ‘land’
Old English land
Middle English lond ‘an independent nation’
English land
Today it means
name A territorial authority in the southern part of the West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand. At one time Westland was a province, and later Westland County, and the whole of the West Coast region is also known as Westland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Westland