new land

Unexplored frontier ahead

Land that has been newly discovered, created, or made available for use.

The phrase appears in contexts of exploration (The settlers surveyed the new land), geological processes like volcanic activity or land reclamation, and real estate development.

Figuratively, new land can mean unfamiliar territory or fresh opportunities: Starting this business feels like exploring new land.

Related

colony · opportunity · coral atoll · delta · uncharted · discovery · glacier retreat · migration · horizon · reclamation · tabula rasa · outpost · sedimentation · Vinland · survey · settlers · pioneer · cartography

Opposites
temporal relationship to settlement

new landold country

Immigrant's ancestral homeland

ancestral home · homeland · fatherland · motherland · native land

development/settlement status

new landbuilt-up area

Densely developed zone

ecological condition

new landdepleted soil

Land stripped of nutrients

wasteland

Family

new, land, landing, renew, lands, landscape, renewal, landed, landmark

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G