Landfall

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Landfall \Land"fall\, n.
     1. A sudden transference of property in land by the death of
        its owner.
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     2. (Naut.) Sighting or making land when at sea.


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     {A good landfall} (Naut.), the sighting of land in conformity
        with the navigator's reckoning and expectation.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  landfall
       n 1: the seacoast first sighted on a voyage (or flight over
            water)
       2: the first sighting of land from the sea after a voyage (or
          flight over water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Landfall, MN (city, FIPS 35414)
    Location: 44.95010 N, 92.97745 W
    Population (1990): 685 (314 housing units)
    Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Landfall, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
     Population (2000):    700
     Housing Units (2000): 300
     Land area (2000):     0.077806 sq. miles (0.201516 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.024254 sq. miles (0.062817 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.102060 sq. miles (0.264333 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            35414
     Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
     Location:             44.951063 N, 92.977038 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Landfall, MN
      Landfall