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The Meaning of inland

  • (a.) Within the land; more or less remote from the ocean or from open water; interior; as, an inland town.
  • (a.) Limited to the land, or to inland routes; within the seashore boundary; not passing on, or over, the sea; as, inland transportation, commerce, navigation, etc.
  • (a.) Confined to a country or state; domestic; not foreing; as, an inland bill of exchange. See Exchange.
  • (n.) The interior part of a country.
  • (adv.) Into, or towards, the interior, away from the coast.

Synonyms

interior , midland , upcountry , landlocked

Antonyms

inshore , maritime , coastal , seaward , coastwise

Rhymes

ampersand , armband , backhand , band , bandstand , banned , beforehand , bland , bourland , brand , brande , broadband , canned , chand , command , contraband , cropland , deland , demand , disband , dixieland , dreamland , expand , fairyland , fanned , farmhand , farmland , fatherland , ferdinand , fernand , finland , firebrand , firsthand , forehand , freehand , gland , goodland , grand , grande , grandstand , grassland , greenland , hand , handstand , headband , heartland , hildebrand , hinterland , homeland , laband , land , lande , lapland , lefthand , longhand , lowland , mainland , mande , manned , marchand , marshland , meadowland , midland , misunderstand , moorland , motherland , newsstand , nightstand , northland , nuland , offhand , outmanned , overland , panned , parkland , planned , queensland , quicksand , rand , remand , reprimand , rhineland , samarkand , sand , secondhand , shadowland , shand , shorthand , somaliland , southland , spanned , stagehand , stand , strand , strande , streisand , tanned , thailand , timberland , undermanned , understand , unmanned , unplanned , vande , wasteland , wetland , withstand , wonderland , woodland