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Landes, or Lanas in Gascon, means moorland or heath. Landes and Lanas come from the Latin plānus meaning "flat, even, level, plain". They are therefore cognate with the English plain (and plane), the Spanish word llanos and the Italian word piano.

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Landes, or Lanas in Gascon, means moorland or heath. Landes and Lanas come from the Latin plānus meaning "flat, even, level, plain". They are therefore cognate with the English plain (and plane), the Spanish word llanos and the Italian word piano.

==Places== Landes (department), a department of France Landes forest or Landes of Gascony, a natural region in the southwest of France Landes, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime département Landes, West Virginia, United States Landes-sur-Ajon Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes, Brittany Rion-des-Landes Centre d'Essais des Landes, launch site for testing military rockets

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