inland
/ˈɪnlənd/
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Australia/ˈɪnˌland/
inland adjective: within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
Adjective
inland (comparative more inland, superlative most inland)
- 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, […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 10, page 259
- Limited to the land, or to inland routes; not passing on, or over, the sea.
- inland commerce
- inland navigation
- Confined to one country or state; domestic; not foreign.
- an inland bill of exchange
- 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.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...
Noun
inland (plural inlands)
- The interior part of a country.
- a wall sufficient to defend
Our inland from the pilfering borderers.1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- a wall sufficient to defend
Adverb
inland (comparative more inland, superlative most inland)
- Into, or towards, the interior of the land, away from the coast.
- The greatest waves of population have rolled inland from the east.1836, Sharon Turner, The History of England […]
- He heard much that did not interest him—of the journey inland, of the face of the country, the surprising weather, the great work of irrigation and the other impressive wonders of man and nature. These things could be got from books […]1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
inland meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
inland in Hindi
- inland; intranational
- अंतर्देशीय antardeśīya
inland in Tamil
- confined to a country or state
- உள்நாட்டு uḷnāṭṭu
- interior part of a country
- உள்நாடு uḷnāṭu
inland in Marathi
- अंतर्देशीय
inland in Urdu
- inland
- اندرون ملک andarūn-i mulk
- inland, domestic
- اندرون ملک andarūn-i mulk
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- inland in Bengali
- দেশীয় deśiẏo
- inland in Telugu
- లోతట్టు
- inland in Malayalam
- ഉൾനാട്, ഉൾപ്രദേശം, ഉള്ളൂര്, ഉൾദേശം
- inland in Kannada
- ಒಳದೇಶದ, ಒಳನಾಡಿನ, ದೇಶದ ಎಲ್ಲೆಯೊಳಗೆ ನಡೆಯುವ, ಸಮುದ್ರದಿಂದ ದೂರವಿರುವ
- inland in Gujarati
- અંતર્દેશીય, આંતરદેશીય
- inland in Odia
- ଅନ୍ତର୍ଦେଶୀଯ଼
- inland in Nepali
- अन्तर्देशीय, अंतर्देशीय
Examples of inland in a sentence
- inland transportation
- 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:
Antonyms of inland
Forms of inland
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more inland |
| superlative | most inland |
| Noun | |
| plural | inlands |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more inland |
| superlative | most inland |
Origin of inland
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.
Words formed from inland
Phrases with inland
Words that rhyme with inland
Questions about inland
- What does inland mean?
- Inland means within the land; relatively remote from the ocean or from open water; interior.
- What is inland in Hindi?
- Inland in Hindi is अंतर्देशीय (antardeśīya). See Inland meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use inland in a sentence?
- inland transportation
- What part of speech is inland?
- Inland can be an adjective, a noun or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce inland?
- Inland is pronounced /ˈɪnlənd/.
Words near inland in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inland (page history and authors); अंतर्देशीय (Hindi) (page history and authors); inland (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); اندرون ملک (Urdu) (page history and authors); দেশীয় (Bengali) (page history and authors); inland (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inland (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inland (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inland (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inland (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inland (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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