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Inland
Definitions
- 1 Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
"an inland town"
- 2 Limited to the land, or to inland routes; not passing on, or over, the sea.
"inland commerce"
- 3 Confined to one country or state; domestic; not foreign.
"an inland bill of exchange"
- 4 Of a sophisticated background, especially as relates to a royal court or national capital. archaic
"inland bred"
- 1 situated away from an area's coast or border wordnet
- 1 Into, or towards, the interior of the land, away from the coast.
"The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east."
- 1 towards or into the interior of a region wordnet
- 1 The interior part of a country.
"a wall sufficient to defend Our inland from the pilfering borderers."
Etymology
From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.
From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.
From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.
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