Mainland Definition

mānlănd, -lənd
noun
The principal land or largest part of a continent or country, as distinguished from a relatively small island or peninsula.
Webster's New World

The main landmass of a country or continent.

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Noun

Singular:
mainland
Plural:
mainlands

Origin of Mainland

  • From main +"Ž land. Compare Scots mayn-land, magan-land, madin-land (“mainland"), Faroese meginland (“mainland"), Icelandic meginland (“mainland").

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Mainland Sentence Examples

  • This island is joined to the mainland of Friesland by a stone dike constructed in 1873 for the purpose of promoting the deposit of mud.

  • Venice was cut off from the mainland for two days and all the public services were suspended.

  • Austria recovered the Milanese, and all the possessions of the old Venetian Republic on the mainland, including Istria and Dalmatia.

  • The contrast between island and mainland was natural enough in the days before the discovery of Australia, and the mainland of the Old World was traditionally divided into three continents.

  • Bramhall Hill commands an extensive view west and north-west of the bay, the mainland, and the White Mountains some 80 m.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAI

Words Ending With

DNDAND

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Words Starting With M and Ending With D

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With M8 Letter Words Ending With D