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mainland definition

main·land (mān′land′, -lənd)

noun

the principal land or largest part of a continent or country, as distinguished from a relatively small island or peninsula

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Mainland definition

Main·land (mān′land′, -lənd)

  1. chief island of Japan
  2. largest of the Orkney Islands: c. 190 sq mi (492 sq km)
  3. largest of the Shetland Islands: 407 sq mi (1,054 sq km)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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