mainland
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Wikipedia mainland (plural mainlands)
- The main landmass of a country or continent
- 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
- ...I got to the mainland, where, to my great comfort, I clambered up the cliffs of the shore and sat me down upon the grass, free from danger and quite out of the reach of the water.
- 2005: comment
- You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.
- 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
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the main landmass of a country or continent
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