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mainland meaning

EN[ˈmeɪ̪nlənd]
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WMainland
  • Mainland is a name given to a large landmass in a region (as contrasted with a nearby island or islands), or to the largest of a group of islands in an archipelago. Sometimes its residents are called "Mainlanders".
  • Prominent uses of the term include:
  • Mainland Argentina, as opposed to Tierra del Fuego. The term may be applied by Argentines to the British Overseas Territories of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, whose claim is disputed by Argentina.
  • Mainland Australia, as opposed to Tasmania.

    Definition of mainland in English Dictionary

  • NounPLmainlandsSUF-land
    1. The main landmass of a country or continent.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Ending of Sentence
        • This crisp, lemony white is made using xynisteri grapes, imported centuries before from the Greek mainland.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Nouns
        • Countable nouns
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      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of mainland for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "mainland" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.
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