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Meaning of MAINLAND

Pronunciation:  'meynlund

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
 

MAINLAND is a 8 letter word that starts with M.

 

 See Also: dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Main"land`\, n.
The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to {island}, or
{peninsula}. --Dryden.

      After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula
      to the mainland.                         --Hawthorne.

 

 

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