skyland
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States.
noun
The sky.
Example Sentences
- "Look to the woodlands where the doves / Crowd with their murmurs green alcoves; / Look to the skylands where the clouds / Mantle the East with their glory-shrouds."
- "And the winds from the skylands brought / Over the illimitudes, a thought:— / A thought I could not understand, / That earth lay shadowed ’neath God’s hand."
- "In the warmest summer weather a temperature of 88 degrees may be reached, but not for long at a time, since speedily a moderating breeze with comforting designs steals down from the skylands."
- "The sun with its white-blue-sky coverlet sunk deep down the far horizon giving way to a skyland that wore a grey outfit."
- "“How, how, sister,” greeted Keyahanhi, recalled from the skylands by her welcome coming."
- "Manitou from the skylands once did score / Where the people today have built their homes."