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mainland
/ˈmeɪnlənd/
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What does mainland mean?
noun
- The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.
- The principal island of a group.
- Great Britain.
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proper noun
- The largest island in the Orkney Islands council area, to the north of Scotland.
- The largest island in the Shetland Islands council area, to the north of both Orkney and Scotland.
- (historical) A historical region of British Columbia, British North America, British Empire.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈmeɪnlənd/
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The road, after the two wayfarers had crossed from the Peninsula to the mainland, was no other than a footpath.
This is a broad channel lying between the mainland and a line of islands which extends some distance beyond the city.
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This time the sun was shining on the mainland and on the extension of the glacier past the bluff to the north.
When we neared the mainland of Anadoli the gale ceased, and a favourable breeze sprung up, which brought us off Cyprus once more.
Compare on a Geographical map, islands which, we have SEVERAL reasons to suppose, were connected with mainland, as Sardinia, and how different it appears.