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landfall
/ˈlænd.fɔl/
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What does landfall mean?
noun
- An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
- The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
- A landslip.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- A city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States.
noun
- (obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlænd.fɔl/
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The landfall was wonderfully true, considering that no observations for longitude had been made.
Your Landfall, be it a peculiarly-shaped mountain, a rocky headland, or a stretch of sand-dunes, you meet at first with a single glance.
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D'Urville appeared to have reached his landfall without much hindrance by ice, but that was a fortunate circumstance in view of the difficulties Wilkes had met.
In the first of these I would include the numerous voyagers who, without any definite idea of the form or conditions of the southern hemisphere, set their course toward the South, to make what landfall they could.