Synonyms for mainland

Grammar : Noun

Spell : meyn-land, -luh nd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪnˌlænd, -lənd

Définition of mainland

Origin : c.1400, from main (adj.) + land (n.). Usually referring to continuous bodies of land and not islands or peninsulas. Related: Mainlander.

noun shore

Example sentences :

There be seven of them in all, lying off the town of Hampton on the mainland, about a league.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

When I reached the mainland again I had sworn that I had been floating.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

They had proved that lower California was not an island but a part of the mainland.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

On Friday, June 12, 1494, he discovered the mainland of America.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

These were on the mainland and did not have to be reached by boat or by swimming.
Extract from : « The Story of Don Quixote » by Arvid Paulson, Clayton Edwards, and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The mainland beach was in sight but that's all except salt water and rain.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

East and north of Cartagena lies the mainland, which may be left out of account.
Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini

It was a beautiful island, but the hare was not satisfied: he wished to get to the mainland.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

How you're ever to get him off this to the mainland again, is clean beyond me.
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

I suppose we must shift as well as we can till we make the mainland!
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

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