inland

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪnlənd/

Adjective

inland

1. Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior

   an inland town

   • 1906, Joseph Conrad, The Mirror of the Sea Chapter 38

     […] there is no such sea for adventurous voyages as the Mediterranean— the inland sea which the ancients looked upon as so vast and so full of wonders.

   • 1785, William Cowper, The Task Book V

     From inland regions to the distant main.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene Book 2 Canto 6

     This wide inland sea.

2. Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea

   inland transportation

   inland commerce

   inland navigation

3. Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign.

   an inland bill of exchange

Translations

• German: binnenländisch, binnen

Translations

• German: binnenländisch, binnen

Translations

• German: inländisch

Noun

inland (plural inlands)

1. The interior part of a country.

Translations

• German: Binnenland

Adverb

inland

1. Into, or towards, the interior of the land, away from the coast.

   • The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east. Sharon Turner.

Translations

• German: landeinwärts

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