mainland

IPA: mˈeɪnɫænd

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

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.
If you look at greater China which we define as mainland China,
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 first building on the mainland is a large store belonging to Shenowi Bey.
The Antarctic Peninsula is the northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica.
Mainland insectivore populations are generally similar to the rest of the area.
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.