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mainland
CIDE DICTIONARY
mainland, n.
The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island , or peninsula . Dryden. [1913 Webster]
"After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula to the mainland." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mainland, n.
1 a large continuous extent of land, excluding neighbouring islands etc.
2 (Mainland) the largest island in Orkney and in Shetland.
1 a large continuous extent of land, excluding neighbouring islands etc.
2 (Mainland) the largest island in Orkney and in Shetland.
Derivative
mainlander n.
ROGET THESAURUS
mainland
Land
N land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman, earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous, ashore, on shore, on land.For further exploring for "mainland" in Webster Dictionary Online
