1) American pop music group 2) China, by and large 3) China, to Hong Kong 4) Continent 5) Dry land 6) Earth 7) Ground 8) Land 9) Largest of the Orkneys 10) New Zealand cheese 11) Part of china 12) Principal part of a country 13) Solid ground 14) Terra firma 15) The Lower 48, to a Hawaiian 16) Where Hawaii is not
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1) Continent
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Mainland is a name given to a large landmass in a region (as contrasted with a nearby island or islands), or to the largest of a group of islands in an archipelago. Sometimes its residents are called `Mainlanders`. Because of its larger area, a mainland almost always has a much larger population than its associated islands, and mainlander cultur.....
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• (n.) The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to island, or peninsula.
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(from the article `Shetland Islands`) ...km) north of the Scottish mainland, at the northern extremity of the United Kingdom. They constitute the Shetland Islands council area and the ...
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central and largest of the Orkney Islands of Scotland, which lie off the northern tip of the Scottish mainland. The shores of this irregularly shaped ... [1 related articles]
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Main'land` noun The continent; the principal land; -- opposed to
island , or
peninsula .
Dryden. « After the two wayfarers had crossed from the peninsula to the
mainland .»
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[
n] - the main land mass of a country or continent
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noun the main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsula
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