inland en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɪnˌland/ (Australia)
- /-lænd/
- /ˈɪnlənd/
Etymology
From Middle English inland, inlond, from Old English inland, equivalent to in- + land. Compare West Frisian ynlân (“inland”), German Inland (“inland”), Danish indland (“inland”), Swedish inland (“inland”), Norwegian innland (“inland”). Compare also Dutch binnenland.
Meanings
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Within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
So doth the greater glory dim the less: A substitute shines brightly as a king Unto the king be by, and then his state Empties itself, as doth an inland brook Into the main of waters.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:Happy he who, like Ulysses, has made an adventurous voyage; and there is no such sea for adventurous voyages as the Mediterranean—the inland sea which the ancients looked upon as so vast and so full of wonders.
1904–1906, Joseph Conrad, “The Nursery of the Craft”, in The Mirror of the Sea, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published October 1906, →OCLC, pages 254–255:In this wide Inland ſea, that hight by name / The Idle lake, my wandring ſhip I row, […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 10, page 259:Brutes […] / Ruminate heedleſs of the ſcene outſpread / Beneath, beyond, and ſtretching far away / From inland regions to the diſtant main.
1785, William Cowper, “Book V. The Winter Morning Walk.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 221:an inland town
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Limited to the land, or to inland routes; not passing on, or over, the sea.
inland navigation
inland commerce
inland transportation
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Confined to one country or state; domestic; not foreign.
an inland bill of exchange
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(archaic) Of a sophisticated background, especially as relates to a royal court or national capital.
I have been told so of many; but indeed an old religious uncle of mine taught me to speak, who was in his youth an inland man; one that knew courtship too well, for there he fell in love.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]: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.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most inland | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more inland | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
inland sea · inland hairstreak · inland revenue · inland taipan · inland snake-eyed skink · inlandness
Translations (18)
fi sisämaan (within the land) · bg вътрешен (within the land) · de Binnen- (within the land) · la mediterrāneus (within the land) · grc μεσόγειος (within the land) · de inländisch (confined to a country or state) · de binnenländisch (within the land) · cs vnitrozemský (limited to the land) · uk середзе́мний (within the land) · de Binnen- (limited to the land) · pl śródziemny (within the land) · uk внутрішньодержа́вний (confined to a country or state) · de binnenländisch (limited to the land) · cs vnitrozemský (within the land) · ta உள்நாட்டு (confined to a country or state) · cs domácí (confined to a country or state) · uk назе́мний (limited to the land) · fi sisämaa- (within the land)