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- [adjective in-luh nd; adverb, noun in-land, -luh nd]
- /adjective ˈɪn lənd; adverb, noun ˈɪnˌlænd, -lənd/
- /ˈɪn.lənd/
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- [adjective in-luh nd; adverb, noun in-land, -luh nd]
- /adjective ˈɪn lənd; adverb, noun ˈɪnˌlænd, -lənd/
Definitions of inland word
- adjective inland pertaining to or situated in the interior part of a country or region: inland cities. 1
- adjective inland British. domestic or internal: inland revenue. 1
- adverb inland in or toward the interior of a country. 1
- noun inland the interior part of a country. 1
- noun inland Situated in the interior of a country rather than on the coast. 1
- adverb inland away from sea 1
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Origin of inland
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; Middle English, Old English; see in-1, land
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Inland
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
inland popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
inland usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for inland
adj inland
- boondocks — If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.
- central — Something that is central is in the middle of a place or area.
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
- inward — toward the inside, interior, or center, as of a place, space, or body.
- provincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
adjective inland
adverb inland
- within — in or into the interior or inner part; inside.
- inshore — close or closer to the shore.
- inside — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- centrally — of or forming the center: the central hut in the village.
- toward — in the direction of: to walk toward the river.
Antonyms for inland
adj inland
- coastal — Coastal is used to refer to things that are in the sea or on the land near a coast.
- border — The border between two countries or regions is the dividing line between them. Sometimes the border also refers to the land close to this line.
- frontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
noun inland
- lakeside — located on the side of a lake: a lakeside resort.
- sand — George [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant) 1804–76, French novelist.
- seacoast — the land immediately adjacent to the sea.
- seaboard — the line where land and sea meet.
- shingle — small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
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