(historical) Bechuanaland -(a former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966)

(archaic) the interior of a country; within a country's borders

groping in the dark, investigation/struggling/probing without any clues

to grope in the dark, to investigate/struggle/probe without any clues

above ground / the earth, this world

beehive (home of bees)

(role-playing games) experience points

wasteland, a barren land / uncultivated and abandoned land

(baseball, softball) a center fielder

start, initiation, beginning