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mainland
1[ meyn-land, -luhnd ]
noun
- the principal land of a country, region, etc., as distinguished from adjacent islands or a peninsula:
the mainland of Greece.
- any part of or all of the continental United States or conterminous United States, especially from the perspective of someone in a geographically detached U.S. state or territory, such as Hawaii or Guam:
I’m not sure where on the mainland Jasmine went to college, but it may have been Milwaukee.
Mainland
2[ meyn-land, -luhnd ]
noun
- the largest of the Shetland Islands. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km).
mainland
1/ ˈ³¾±ðɪ²Ô±ôÉ™²Ô»å /
noun
- the main part of a land mass as opposed to an island or peninsula
- the mainlanda particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
Mainland
2/ ˈ³¾±ðɪ²Ô±ôÉ™²Ô»å /
noun
- an island off N Scotland: the largest of the Shetland Islands. Chief town: Lerwick. Pop: 17Â 550 (2001). Area: about 583 sq km (225 sq miles)
- Also calledPomona an island off N Scotland: the largest of the Orkney Islands. Chief town: Kirkwall. Pop: 15Â 315 (2001). Area: 492 sq km (190 sq miles)
- the Mainlanda South Islanders' name for South Island
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾²¹¾±²Ô±ô²¹²Ô»å±ð°ù, noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
Last year, the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands and several cities on the mainland saw protests by locals against surging tourist numbers, with their impact on rental costs the main complaint.
Living in the Western Isles, and aware she was classed as a "high risk" and a "geriatric" pregnancy, she knew she would have to deliver in a hospital on the mainland.
Some Taiwanese manufacturers are starting to shift some modules from mainland China to Vietnam as a trial.
"We must do more to mark St Patrick's Day on the mainland," he later said.
In discovering how the three knew where to find Allen, police would uncover their criminality stretched into mainland Europe.
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