Landes, or Lanas in Gascon, means moorland or heath. Landes and Lanas come from the Latin plānus meaning `‘flat, even, level, plain’”. They are therefore cognate with the English plain (and plane), the Spanish word llanos and the Italian word piano. ==Places== ==People== People with the surname Landes include: ...
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[department] Landes (lɑ̃d; Gascon : Lanas or Lanes) is a department in southwestern France. == History == Landes is one of the original 83 departments that were created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the provinces of Guyenne and Gascony. During the first part of the nineteenth century large part...
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(from the article `Aquitaine`) ...région is the peak of Midi d`Ossau (9,465 feet [2,885 metres]). Most land, however, lies below 1,600 feet (500 metres), and a significant ...
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forest region bordering the Bay of Biscay in the Aquitaine Basin of southwestern France, extending northward to the Garonne Estuary and southward to ...
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Landes is a term specifically applied in France to extensive level and largely barren tracts stretching from the mouth of the Garonne along the Bay of Biscay and from 60 to 90 miles inland, bordered with sand-hills next the sea. They bear chiefly heath and broom, but on the seaward side are largely planted with the maritime pine, and considerable s...
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