soil; by extension a region or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)

1. arable land

2. the ground, the earth as a standing place

3. the main land as opposed to the sea or water

4. the earth as a whole

a. the earth as opposed to the heavens

b. the inhabited earth, the abode of men and animals

5. a country, land enclosed within fixed boundaries, a tract of land, territory, region