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Pronunciation / Transliteration: eks-plah-nah-dah
"El avión volaba sobre una gran extensión de terreno."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A wide, continuous area of something, typically land, sky, or water.
"The hikers stood on the ridge, gazing out at the vast expanse of the valley below." - 2
A wide or open space; an uninterrupted extent.
"An unbroken expanse of blue sky stretched from horizon to horizon."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'expansus', the past participle of 'expandere' meaning 'to spread out', formed from 'ex-' (out) and 'pandere' (to spread). Entering the English language in the early 17th century, the term has historically denoted a wide, open, and unbroken area of land, water, or sky.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Expanse" is said worldwide
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étendue
Transliteration: eh-tahn-dyu
"La vaste étendue de la mer s'offrait à nos yeux."
Weite
Transliteration: vai-tuh
"Sie bewunderten die endlose Weite der Steppe."
distesa
Transliteration: dee-steh-zah
"La distesa di neve brillava sotto il sole."
explanada
Transliteration: eks-plah-nah-dah
"El avión volaba sobre una gran extensión de terreno."
imensidão
Transliteration: ee-men-see-dahw
"Eles contemplavam a imensidão do oceano."
विस्तार
Transliteration: vistaar
"आसमान का नीला विस्तार बहुत सुंदर लग रहा था।"
开阔
Transliteration: kāikuò
Script: 开阔地带
"一片广阔的平原在我面前展开。"
광활한 대지
Transliteration: gwang-hwal-han dae-ji
"우리는 바다의 광활한 펼쳐짐을 바라보았다."
広がり
Transliteration: hirogari
"地平線まで続く平原の広がり。"
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