Robert A. Heinlein originally coined the term grok in his 1961 novel Stranger in a Strange Land as a Martian word that could not be defined in Earthling terms, but can be associated with various literal meanings such as " water ", " to drink ", " life ", or " to live ", and had a much more profound figurative meaning that is hard for terrestrial culture to understand because of its assumption of a singular reality.

The Land Rover name was originally used by the Rover Company for one specific vehicle model, named simply the Land Rover, launched by Rover in 1948.

BMW and Ford had previously retained ownership of the Rover brand to protect the integrity of the Land Rover brand, with which ' Rover ' might be confused in the US 4x4 market ; the Rover brand was originally used under license by MG Rover until it collapsed in 2005, at which point it was re-acquired by the then Ford Motor Company owned Land Rover Limited.

These reforms included guarantees to ensure the Ottoman subjects perfect security for their lives, honour, and property ; the introduction of the first Ottoman paper banknotes ( 1840 ) and opening of the first post offices ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the finance system according to the French model ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the Civil and Criminal Code according to the French model ( 1840 ); the establishment of the Meclis-i Maarif-i Umumiye ( 1841 ) which was the prototype of the First Ottoman Parliament ( 1876 ); the reorganization of the army and a regular method of recruiting, levying the army, and fixing the duration of military service ( 1843 – 44 ); the adoption of an Ottoman national anthem and Ottoman national flag ( 1844 ); the first nationwide Ottoman census in 1844 ( only male citizens were counted ); the first national identity cards ( officially named the Mecidiye identity papers, or informally kafa kağıdı ( head paper ) documents, 1844 ); the institution of a Council of Public Instruction ( 1845 ) and the Ministry of Education ( Mekatib-i Umumiye Nezareti, 1847, which later became the Maarif Nezareti, 1857 ); the abolition of slavery and slave trade ( 1847 ); the establishment of the first modern universities ( darülfünun, 1848 ), academies ( 1848 ) and teacher schools ( darülmuallimin, 1848 ); establishment of the Ministry of Healthcare ( Tıbbiye Nezareti, 1850 ); the Commerce and Trade Code ( 1850 ); establishment of the Academy of Sciences ( Encümen-i Daniş, 1851 ); establishment of the Şirket-i Hayriye which operated the first steam-powered commuter ferries ( 1851 ); the first European style courts ( Meclis-i Ahkam-ı Adliye, 1853 ) and supreme judiciary council ( Meclis-i Ali-yi Tanzimat, 1853 ); establishment of the modern Municipality of Istanbul ( Şehremaneti, 1854 ) and the City Planning Council ( İntizam-ı Şehir Komisyonu, 1855 ); the abolition of the capitation ( Jizya ) tax on non-Muslims, with a regular method of establishing and collecting taxes ( 1856 ); non-Muslims were allowed to become soldiers ( 1856 ); various provisions for the better administration of the public service and advancement of commerce ; the establishment of the first telegraph networks ( 1847 – 1855 ) and railroads ( 1856 ); the replacement of guilds with factories ; the establishment of the Ottoman Central Bank ( originally established as the Bank-ı Osmanî in 1856, and later reorganized as the Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane in 1863 ) and the Ottoman Stock Exchange ( Dersaadet Tahvilat Borsası, established in 1866 ); the Land Code ( Arazi Kanunnamesi, 1857 ); permission for private sector publishers and printing firms with the Serbesti-i Kürşad Nizamnamesi ( 1857 ); establishment of the School of Economical and Political Sciences ( Mekteb-i Mülkiye, 1859 ); the Press and Journalism Regulation Code ( Matbuat Nizamnamesi, 1864 ); among others.

This was originally intended to be Shaylle: Soldier City for the Land Beyond the Mountains campaign, but when Metagaming went out of business the module was rewritten and issued under the new title, for use with the Thieves ' Guild rules system.

This was originally intended to be Intrigue in Plaize for the Land Beyond the Mountains campaign, but when Metagaming went out of business the module was rewritten and issued under the new title, for use with the Thieves ' Guild rules system.

On the Indigo Girls album 1200 Curfews ( Disc 2 ) Amy Ray starts the song " Land of Cannaan " ( which originally was on their 1987 Strange Fire album ) by saying " When I first wrote this song it was a ballad, and then I heard The Replacements, and it wasn't any more.

* August 3 – Holiday World, originally called Santa Claus Land, opens to the public.

The order of the Knights of St. John was originally established to set up outposts along the route to the Holy Land, to assist pilgrims going in either direction.

The three greatest cities of the Land of Ond were introduced together with the sons of Elendil during the rewriting of " The Council of Elrond " chapter, and originally corresponded to each of them: Osgiliath to Ilmandur, Minas Anor to Anárion, Minas Ithil to Isildur ; after the rejection of Ilmandur, Osgiliath temporarily became Elendil's hometown, until the emergence of the final story.

Portland was settled on 19 November 1834 by the Henty family, who were originally farmers from Van Diemen's Land ( Tasmania ).

" The Land Israel ", originally Ḥadashot Ha ' aretz –, – " News of the Land ") is Israel's oldest daily newspaper.

The East Hancock neighborhood was formerly characterised by a number of deep ravines originally covered with wooden sidewalks that were filled in by the Dakota Heights Land Company ; the neighbourhood was then " subdivided into residential lots ".

The hundred-year-old core ranch was originally owned by California-based Elsinore Land & Cattle Company, but in 1992 was acquired by Gerald Lyda of San Antonio, Texas who renamed the property La Escalera Ranch ( Spanish for " The Ladder ").

Land was originally given the Board of Education and a gift of $ 150, 000 toward the construction of a Junior High School.

The town was originally named Stratton in 1901 for William Stratton of the Empire Land and Water Company.

Chuluota was originally laid out by Flagler and his Chuluota Land Company to compete with Orlando as the center of trade in the area.

It is made up of Chevy Chase sections 1, 1a and 2 as originally designated by The Chevy Chase Land Company.

The figures were quoted in the Madison Land Company's brochure by Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson, the second Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Mississippi and a Madison resident, who originally came from Wisconsin.

The town was originally called Worksburg, after Edward Work, who purchased the land from the Holland Land Company in August, 1807.

Originally part of the Land Grant to the Livingston family, this area on the Roeliff-Jansen Kill was originally called " Livingston Forge " after the iron foundry on the river.

The Federal Land Development Authority ( FELDA ) helped many Malays buy farms or upgrade ones they already owned.

It has been owned by the Indian company Tata Motors since 2008, forming part of their Jaguar Land Rover ( JLR ) group.

Land was technically owned by the Burmese monarch.

The Hudson's Bay Company, who nominally owned the land called Rupert's Land at the time, assigned the land to the settlers.

" Land owned by Indians decreased from in 1887 to in 1934.

Land that she owned around Great Bradley in Suffolk was bequeathed to St. John's upon its foundation.

Much of the rest of the county is land owned by the Ashley National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management.

Cormac owned the wonderful gold cup given to him by the sea-god Manannan mac Lir in the Land of the Living.

:* About 25 % of Yavapai County is owned by the State of Arizona as state trust lands, managed by the Arizona State Land Department.

Originally owned by California-based Elsinore Land & Cattle Company, the 100-year old ranch was acquired by building contractor Gerald Lyda of San Antonio, Texas and renamed La Escalera Ranch ( Spanish for " The Ladder ").

Only about 34 percent of Conejos County is privately owned with the other 66 percent being National Forest, Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) or State owned lands.

In 1887 the San Marcos Land Company bought almost all of the San Marcos land formerly owned by the Couts family and promptly divided the land into tracts.

Roaring Brook Falls along the Quinnipiac Trail in the southwest corner of town is Connecticut's tallest single drop waterfall, and is owned by the Cheshire Land Trust.

Land records show that most of the property in the Township was owned by German immigrants or their descendants.

The land was owned by the local Burgwald family, which sold it in the 1920s to the Long Beach Land Company.

Ford Land controls the numerous properties owned by Ford including sales and leasing to unrelated businesses such as the Fairlane Town Center shopping mall.

The name given was Frank LaGrande Odell Triska, after one of the owners of the Lincoln Land Company, which owned the land in town.

Land owned by the company was also used for agricultural purposes, including farms, dairy cattle, and fruit orchards.

Guttenberg was formerly a farm owned by William Cooper, sold in 1853 to a group of New Yorkers, who had formed the Weehawken Land and Ferry Association.

* ILR Landfill, closed landfill site owned by Industrial Land Reclaiming ( ILR ) providing power to Middlesex County's wastewater treatment operations from methane gas recovery.