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Antonyms for inland


Grammar : Adj
Spell : adjective in-luh nd; adverb, noun in-land, -luh nd
Phonetic Transcription : adjective ˈɪn lənd; adverb, noun ˈɪnˌlænd, -lənd



Definition of inland

Origin :
  • Old English inn lond "land around the mansion of an estate," from in + land (n.). Meaning "interior parts of a country, remote from the sea or borders" is from 1570s. As an adjective, "of or pertaining to interior parts of a country," from 1550s.
  • adj interior
Example sentences :
  • Our rookery was in the middle swamp a day inland from Talimeco, safe and secret.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • In winter it was an inland sea and in summer a noxious swamp.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • He may have been forty years old, and he was a great voyager on the inland sea.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • Three mornings later he brought an inland letter from Stephen.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • Then, climbing down, she reached the lower ground and struck off inland.
  • Extract from : « The Beach of Dreams » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • As the wind came from the sea, the flag must be inland somewhere.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns » by Roger Thompson Finlay
  • Wheat is grown in the north-west, and cotton in the inland parts of the country.
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • Fish are wasted on inland streams in the following ways: By dynamiting.
  • Extract from : « Checking the Waste » by Mary Huston Gregory
  • When these pieces break away the inland ice is said to "calve."
  • Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
  • Everyone sided with the smugglers, both on the coast and inland.
  • Extract from : « Highways & Byways in Sussex » by E.V. Lucas

Synonyms for inland

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