mainland
IPA: mˈeɪnɫænd
noun
- The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.
- The principal island of a group.
- 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 in British Columbia, British North America, British Empire
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Examples of "mainland" in Sentences
- If you look at greater China which we define as mainland China,
- The first building on the mainland is a large store belonging to Shenowi Bey.
- You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.
- The channel round the island to the south has a considerable depth of water, and the only communication to the mainland is a causeway about eighty yards long and twelve broad.
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