Mainland

2 definitions found

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

  Mainland \Main"land`\, n.
     The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to {island}, or
     {peninsula}. --Dryden.
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           After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula


           to the mainland.                         --Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mainland
       n : the main land mass of a country or continent; as
           distinguished from an island or peninsula