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landfall

/ˈlænd.fɔːl/US/ˈlænd.fɔl/

landfall noun: an arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.

Noun

landfall (countable and uncountable, plural landfalls)

  1. An arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
    • We made landfall at the most god-forsaken, barren, desolate, and hellish location possible to image; and we were grateful, anything to get off that ship!
    • Lighthouses are usually the first aids seen when making landfall.
  2. The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
  3. (obsolete) The first land discovered after a sea voyage.
  4. A landslip.

Proper noun capitalized: Landfall

Landfall

  1. A city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States.
    • The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced on January 15, 2026, that zebra mussel larvae, known as veligers, were detected in Tanners Lake, a heavily used urban water body that borders the community of Landfall in Washington County.2026 February 16, Wayne Hall, “Zebra Mussels Confirmed in Tanners Lake, Threatening Recreation in Twin Cities Metro”, in The Traveler, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2026

landfall meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

landfall in Hindi

लैंडफॉल, लैंडफ़ॉल

landfall in Tamil

முதல் நிலத் தோற்றம், கப்பல் கரை சேருமிடம், புயல் கரையைக் கடக்குமிடம்

landfall in Urdu

لینڈ فال

landfall in Malayalam

ലാൻഡ്ഫാൾ
More languagesFewer languages
landfall in Punjabi
ਲੈਂਡਫਾਲ, ਲੈਂਡਫੌਲ
landfall in Gujarati
લેન્ડફોલ
landfall in Nepali
ल्यान्डफल

Examples of landfall in a sentence

  • The hurricane is expected to make landfall and then stall out, dumping several inches of rain over several days.
  • The eye of Typhoon Danas made landfall in Chiayi County's Budai Township in southwestern Taiwan at 11:40 p.m.
  • Mari's mother died in a harsh winter soon after landfall, and her father, Nik, raised her the best he could.”

All 10 example sentences with landfall

Forms of landfall

plurallandfalls

Plural of landfall: landfalls

Origin of landfall

From land + fall.

From land + fall, see landfall.

Words formed from landfall

Phrases with landfall

Questions about landfall

What does landfall mean?
Landfall means an arrival at the shore by a ship, or sighting of the shore from a ship.
What is landfall in Hindi?
Landfall in Hindi is लैंडफॉल, लैंडफ़ॉल. See Landfall meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is landfall?
Landfall can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce landfall?
Landfall is pronounced /ˈlænd.fɔːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of landfall?
The plural of landfall is landfalls.

Words near landfall in the dictionary

  1. Landeta
  2. landeth
  3. Landewednack
  4. Landfair
  5. Landfairs
  6. landfall
  7. landfalling
  8. landfalls
  9. landfarming
  10. landfast
  11. landfill

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: landfall (page history and authors); Landfall (page history and authors); landfall (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); landfall (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); landfall (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); landfall (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); landfall (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); landfall (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); landfall (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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