inland

UK /ˈɪnlənd/ US /ˈɪnˌland/
adj 4noun 1adv 1

Definitions

adj

1

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

an inland town

In this wide Inland ſea, that hight by name / The Idle lake, my wandring ſhip I row, […]

2

Limited to the land, or to inland routes; not passing on, or over, the sea.

inland commerce

inland navigation

3

Confined to one country or state; domestic; not foreign.

an inland bill of exchange

4

Of a sophisticated background, especially as relates to a royal court or national capital.

inland bred

You touch'd my vein at first: the thorny point of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred, and know some nurture.

noun

1

The interior part of a country.

a wall sufficient to defend Our inland from the pilfering borderers.

adv

1

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

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

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