Mainland

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  • noun. A major landmass especially when considered in relation to nearby islands or attached peninsulas.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The principal island of a group: as, the mainland of Orkney.
  • noun. The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The main landmass of a country or continent
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
    • Word Usage
    "You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    island  peninsula  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dry land  earth  ground  land  solid ground  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    continent  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Highlands  ancestry  archipelago  coast  coastline  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    continent  land  main  
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