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Definitions for overland
ˈoʊ vərˌlænd, -ləndover·land

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. overlandadjective

    traveling or passing over land

    "an overland journey"; "the overland route used by Marco Polo"

Wiktionary

  1. overlandadjective

    by or across land, especially of travel

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  1. overland

    Overland refers to traveling or transporting by land, often across considerable distances or through rough terrains, instead of by sea or air. It can also refer to any route, path, or terrain that is traversed on land.

Wikidata

  1. Overland

    Overland is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 16,062 at the 2010 census.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Overland

    ō′vėr-land, adj. passing entirely or principally by land, as a route, esp. that from England to India by the Suez Canal, rather than by the Cape of Good Hope.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. OVERLAND

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Overland is ranked #23100 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Overland surname appeared 1,105 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Overland.

    89.1% or 985 total occurrences were White.
    3.5% or 39 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    3.2% or 36 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 22 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.2% or 14 total occurrences were Black.
    0.8% or 9 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of overland in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of overland in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of overland in a Sentence

  1. Lisa Niziolek:

    This was a time when Chinese merchants became more active in maritime trade, more reliant upon oversea routes than on the overland Silk Road, the shipwreck occurred at a time of important transition.

  2. Ben Pickering:

    That means supplies could potentially come in overland from India. That is a positive sign, the airport opening is a small miracle.

  3. John Edwards:

    We need to get this storm moving, get it overland and let it dissipate, thus far, things are not going as we had feared.

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