Mainland
Pronunciation : Main"land`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula. Dryden. After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula to the mainland. Hawthorne.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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