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MAINLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("mainland" is a kind of...):
dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)
Instance hyponyms:
Continent (the European mainland)
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