6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inland
adjective: situated away from an area's coast or border [ant: {coastal}]
adverb: towards or into the interior of a region; "the town is five
miles inland"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inland \In"land\, adjective
1. Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or
from open water; interior; as, an inland town. ''This wide
inland sea.'' --Spenser.
From inland regions to the distant main. --Cowper.
2. Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the
seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as,
inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.
3. Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreign; as,
an inland bill of exchange. See {Exchange}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inland \In"land\, noun
The interior part of a country. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inland \In"land\, adverb
Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast. --Cook.
The greatest waves of population have rolled inland
from the east. --S. Turner.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "inland":
heartland, hinterland, home, inlands, inshore, interior, internal,
intestine, inward, inwardly, inwards, mediterranean, midland,
midlands, municipal, national, native, up-country, withinwards
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Inland, NE
Zip code(s): 68954
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