MAINLAND


Meaning of MAINLAND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmān-ˌland, -lənd ]

noun

Date: 14th century

: a continent or the main part of a continent as distinguished from an offshore island or sometimes from a cape or peninsula

• main·land·er -ˌlan-dər, -lən- noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.