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
- The mainland is in the foreground.
- Is it part of the same tectonic plate as the mainland
- The smallest nation on the continental mainland is The Gambia.
- The sea between the islands and the mainland are never frozen.
- From the mainland, the island is inconspicuous and almost hidden.
- We mention the miscellaneous islands and we mention the mainland.
- The mainland and the peninsular parts of the region differed a lot.
- Two species are found on both the mainland and in the insular Caribbean.
- The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica.
- Mainland insectivore populations are generally similar to the rest of the area.
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