Dictionary

landlocked en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlændlɑkt/ (General-American)
• /ˈlændlɒkt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From land + locked (i.e. "locked-in by land on all sides").

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of a country, region, etc., surrounded by land (having no borders with the sea).
   • Located in Kowloon, with an area of 9.36 km², Wong Tai Sin is the only district in Hong Kong that is totally landlocked. It has a population of 420,183 (2011) and a high density of 44.891/km². 2020, Eunice Mei Feng Seng, Resistant City: Histories, Maps and the Architecture of Development, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=4mLcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT228, columns 1, 2:
   • Switzerland is landlocked and obviously will never be a great sea power and must always trade overland.
2. (not-comparable) Living in freshwater, such as landlocked salmon.
3. (US, not-comparable) Of a property or parcel, surrounded by other property and having no access to a public road.
   • For example, if a property is landlocked (entirely surrounded by other privately owned land) and has no access to a public street... 2006, Real Estate Principles, Rockwell publishing, page 114:
   • An easement of necessity, said the court, may be provided when property is landlocked and the owner needs access to that property from a public highway. 2005, Washington Legislative Reference Bureau, State of Wisconsin Blue Book, 2005-2006, page 610:
   • In some states, the law allows for easements by necessity, especially in circumstances where a property is landlocked. 2005, Thomas J. McEvoy, Owning and Managing Forests: A Guide to Legal, Financial, and Practical Matters, page 49:

Forms

Relateds

backblock (without watercourse frontage) · ransom strip (without public road access) · easement (without public road access)

Translations (50)

de Binnenstaat (surrounded by land) · ro continental (surrounded by land) · sv kustlös (surrounded by land) · sco landlockt (surrounded by land) · az dənizə çıxışı olmayan (surrounded by land) · ru континента́льный (surrounded by land) · es interior (surrounded by land) · ka ზღვაზე გასასვლელის არმქონე (surrounded by land) · hu tengerrel nem határos (surrounded by land) · sh континенталан (surrounded by land) · es sin litoral (surrounded by land) · da indlands- (surrounded by land) · cy tirgaeëdig (surrounded by land) · nl door land omgeven (surrounded by land) · ka დახშული (surrounded by land) · ka ხმელეთით გარშემორტყმული (surrounded by land) · es sin salida / acceso al mar (surrounded by land) · pt encravado (surrounded by land) · no innlands- (surrounded by land) · el ηπειρωτικός (surrounded by land) · ca sense litoral (surrounded by land) · mk континента́лен (surrounded by land) · ko 내륙 (surrounded by land) · cmn 內陸 /内陆 (surrounded by land) · cy tirgloëdig (surrounded by land) · ga talamhiata (surrounded by land) · de landumschlossen (surrounded by land) · nl binnen- (surrounded by land) · de küstenlos (surrounded by land) · is landlukt (surrounded by land) · de ohne Zugang zu öffentlichen Wegen (having no access to a public road) · cs vnitrozemský (surrounded by land) · de binnenkontinental (surrounded by land) · th ไม่มีทางออกสู่ทะเล (surrounded by land) · bg затворен (surrounded by land) · sco landlockit (surrounded by land) · mi taikore (surrounded by land) · pl śródlądowy (surrounded by land) · ka ჩაკეტილი (surrounded by land) · ja 内陸 (surrounded by land) · de ohne Zugang zum Meer (surrounded by land) · sh kontinentalan (surrounded by land) · fr sans littoral (surrounded by land) · ru окружённый су́шей (surrounded by land) · eu kostagabe (surrounded by land) · eu itsasgabe (surrounded by land) · de Süßwasser- (living in freshwater) · fr enclavé (surrounded by land) · fi sisämaa- (surrounded by land) · ro închis (terestru) (surrounded by land)