# Landes

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***Landes***, or ***Lanas*** in [Gascon](/source/Gascon_language), means [moorland](/source/Moorland) or [heath](/source/Heath_(habitat)). *Landes* and *Lanas* come from the Latin *plānus* meaning "flat, even, level, plain". They are therefore cognate with the English [plain](/source/Plain) (and [plane](/source/Plane_(geometry))), the Spanish word *[llanos](/source/Plain)* and the Italian word *[piano](/source/Piano)*.

## Places

- [Landes (department)](/source/Landes_(department)), a department of France
- [Landes forest](/source/Landes_forest) or [Landes of Gascony](/source/Landes_of_Gascony), a natural region in the southwest of France
- [Landes, Charente-Maritime](/source/Landes,_Charente-Maritime), a commune in the Charente-Maritime département
- [Landes, West Virginia](/source/Landes,_West_Virginia), United States
- [Landes-sur-Ajon](/source/Landes-sur-Ajon)
- [Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes](/source/Saint-Hilaire-des-Landes), Brittany
- [Rion-des-Landes](/source/Rion-des-Landes)
- [Centre d'Essais des Landes](/source/Centre_d'Essais_des_Landes), launch site for testing military rockets

## People

- [Landes (surname)](/source/Landes_(surname))

## See also

- [Cantons of the Landes department](/source/Cantons_of_the_Landes_department)
- [Arrondissements of the Landes department](/source/Arrondissements_of_the_Landes_department)
- [Communes of the Landes department](/source/Communes_of_the_Landes_department)
- [Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes (disambiguation)](/source/Saint-Sulpice-des-Landes_(disambiguation))

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