inland
adverb
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L333654 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- away from the ocean
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɪnlənd/ / /-lænd/ / /ˈɪnˌland/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.
- Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
“an inland town”
“In this wide Inland ſea, that hight by name / The Idle lake, my wandring ſhip I row, […]”
- Limited to the land, or to inland routes; not passing on, or over, the sea.
“inland commerce”
“inland navigation”
- Confined to one country or state; domestic; not foreign.
“an inland bill of exchange”
- Of a sophisticated background, especially as relates to a royal court or national capital.
“inland bred”
“You touch'd my vein at first: the thorny point of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred, and know some nurture.”
adv
Etymology: From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.
- Into, or towards, the interior of the land, away from the coast.
“The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east.”
“He heard much that did not interest him—of the journey inland, of the face of the country, the surprising weather, the great work of irrigation and the other impressive wonders of man and nature. These things could be got from books […]”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.
- The interior part of a country.
“a wall sufficient to defend Our inland from the pilfering borderers.”