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Definitions for inland
ˈɪn lənd; -ˌlænd, -ləndin·land

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inlandadverb

    situated away from an area's coast or border

  2. inlandadverb

    towards or into the interior of a region

    "the town is five miles inland"

Wiktionary

  1. inlandnoun

    The interior part of a country. Shakespeare

  2. inlandadverb

    Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. Cook.

  3. inlandadjective

    Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.

  4. inlandadjective

    Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.

  5. inlandadjective

    Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as, an inland bill of exchange.

  6. inlandadjective

    Ukraine.U () - in, Kraina () - land. A country being situated geagraphically in the center of Europe.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Inlandadjective

    Interior; lying remote from the sea.

    Etymology: in and land.

    In this wide inland sea, that hight by name,
    The idle lake, my wand'ring ship I row. Fairy Queen.

    Goodly laws, like little inland seas, will carry even ships upon their waters. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

    An old religious uncle of mine was, in his youth, an inland man. William Shakespeare, As you like it.

    A substitute shines brightly as a king,
    Until a king be by; and then his state
    Empties itself, as doth an inland brook
    Into the main of waters. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

    This person did publish a pamphlet printed in England for a general excise, or inland duty. Jonathan Swift.

  2. Inlandnoun

    Interior or midland parts.

    Out of these small beginnings, gotten near to the mountains, did they spread themselves into the Inland. Edmund Spenser.

    They of those marches shall defend
    Our inland from the pilferring borderers. William Shakespeare.

    The rest were all
    Far to th' inland retir'd, about the walls
    Of Pandæmonium. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.

ChatGPT

  1. inland

    Inland refers to an area that is located away from the coast or the border of a country, more towards the inner parts of a land or a region. It is not near the sea or not along the outer boundaries of a country.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inlandadjective

    within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town

  2. Inlandadjective

    limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc

  3. Inlandadjective

    confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange

  4. Inlandnoun

    the interior part of a country

  5. Inlandadverb

    into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Inland

    in′land, n. the interior part of a country.—adj. remote from the sea: carried on or produced within a country: confined to a country: (Shak.) refined, polished.—n. In′lander, one who lives inland.—Inland navigation, passage of boats or vessels on rivers, lakes, or canals within a country; Inland revenue, internal revenue, derived from excise, stamps, income-tax, &c. [A.S. inland, a domain—in and land.]

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'inland' in Adjectives Frequency: #915

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inland in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inland in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of inland in a Sentence

  1. Steve Bowen:

    Steve Bowen, director and meteorologist at Aons impact forecasting team, said in a news release. WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS OF 2019 : HERE ARE THE BIGGEST MOMENTS, FROM POLAR VORTEX TO HURRICANE DORIAN The area that was worst hit in the last decade was the Asia-Pacific region, which accounted for 44 percent of the total amount of economic losses, according to the report. In 2019 one of the greatest disasters was when Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan in October, causing 99 deaths and $ 15 billion in economic losses. ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Satellites - Public Affairs) In 2019, one of the greatest disasters was when Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan in October, causing 99 deaths and $ 15 billion in economic losses. In its report, Aon said intense weather events, bigger populations in the path of disasters and greater supply chain disruption in a globalized economy contributed to the sharp rise in overall economic damage. The runway at Offutt Air Force Base can be seen covered by floodwaters from the Missouri River during flooding in 2019. ( 55th Wing Commander/Facebook) The costliest individual disaster in 2019 was inland flooding, which created losses of $ 82 billion, while tropical cyclones caused economic losses globally around $ 68 billion. In the U.S., floodingspawned by the bomb cyclonein the Midwest caused economic losses of over $ 20 billion, the report noted. 10 DEADLIEST US TORNADOES ON RECORD According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2019 was the second-hottest year in the agencys 140-year climate record, just behind 2016. The agency also noted that the worlds five warmest years have all occurred since 2015, with nine of the 10 warmest years occurring since 2005. Scientific research indicates that climate change will continue to affect all types of weather phenomena and subsequently impact increasingly urbanized areas.

  2. Lorna Elaine Hosking:

    The G7 is a positive thing because it highlights how wonderful the county is, but it would be nice if the Cornish people were celebrated for more than just the seaside image, because it's much more than that, we never really recovered from the economic crash in the'80s, and we've had lots more recessions since then. We do our best, but sometimes we get forgotten about. These leaders that come in, they just see the seaside, but us people inland -- in the old mining towns like Redruth -- the wages are very low. There's lots of problems.

  3. Nicolas Delsol:

    It shows something that is not widely known but is partially studied, that The Spanish were not only present in the Caribbean region, and in Mexico and in South America, but also exploring their options much farther north on the east coast of the US in the mid-Atlantic region, we have some evidence of Spanish presence, Spanish expeditions inland in the Carolinas.

  4. Meero Dablo:

    We were lucky to find a place inland in 1997 as now the land mafia has moved here and it is impossible to find land unless you are willing to pay large amounts of money, we think we are safe here from the seawater for now.

  5. Cai Zhiquan:

    We'll be flying from major hubs in China to second- or third-tier cities overseas, at the same time, we'll also open up more routes from inland Chinese cities to major hub cities elsewhere.

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