mainland in English

noun

1

a large continuous extent of land that includes the greater part of a country or territory, as opposed to offshore islands and detached territories.

For the same reasons sanctuaries were sited at the tip of capes or peninsulas or on an island close to the mainland .

noun

1

the largest island in the Orkney Islands.

2

the largest island in the Shetland Islands.

Use "mainland" in a sentence

1. Continent The mainland of Europe

2. They have relatives on the mainland.

3. Similar trends are observable in mainland Europe.

4. WHAT ABOUT FISHING BOATS LEAVING THE MAINLAND?

5. I'm trying to get to the mainland.

6. Hong Kong's prosperity relies heavily on mainland.

7. It often looked askance at the mainland.

8. The Crested Bellbird is endemic to mainland Australia

9. There are 117 autonomous counties in Mainland China.

10. Sugar is imported in bulk from the mainland.

11. It cut Romney Marsh off from the mainland.

12. The offshore government claims jurisdiction over the mainland.

13. The bridge links the island with the mainland.

14. Dingoes occurred throughout mainland Australia before European settlement.

15. Chickadees'hile the adiacenl mainland holds only Ca inas

16. Habitat[http://Sentencedict.com], especially if different from mainland.

17. A promontory at the northwest extremitythe scottish mainland.

18. Bro connects kasowal enclave to the mainland permanently

19. 5 Mainland newspaper reporters have been scouring the island.

20. 19 Sugar is imported in bulk from the mainland.

21. The mainland of Greece is mountainous and largely infertile.

22. Ferry services operate between the islands and the mainland.

23. 5 The offshore government claims jurisdiction over the mainland.

24. 4 The offshore government claims jurisdiction over the mainland.

25. Cambodia, country on the Indochinese mainland of Southeast Asia

26. The Closeness of the Chinese mainland to Hong Kong

27. 7 Sugar is imported in bulk from the mainland.

28. Ischia was now connected to the mainland water supply.

29. Mainland Chinese internet users reacted angrily towards Tzuyu's actions, accusing her of "profiting from her mainland Chinese audience while holding a pro-independence stance".

30. The boat for the mainland will be leaving at 1900.

31. Chen Shui - bian's government also vilify the Chinese mainland issues.

32. Mainland anxieties clog my throat, bleating foghorns fill my ears.

33. 16 Ischia was now connected to the mainland water supply.

34. Qin Shi Huang (2002) – a mainland Chinese TV series production.

35. 11 Ferry services operate between the islands and the mainland.

36. 19 Ferry services operate between the islands and the mainland.

37. The island may be reached by boat from the mainland.

38. The man has now been safely evacuated to the mainland.

39. Qingming Festival is a statutory public holiday in mainland China.

40. Cases have also been seen in mainland China and Macau .

41. In 1625, mainland Estonia came entirely under Swedish Empire rule.

42. The island is joined to the mainland by a bridge.

43. The island is connected to the mainland by a causeway.

44. The new bridge will link the island to the mainland.

45. The island is joined to the mainland by a causeway.

46. At low tide a sandbar connects the rock to the mainland.

47. China fir from mainland China are used here in reforestation work.

48. 23 The island is joined to the mainland by a bridge.

49. Two large peninsulas, Boothia and Melville, extend northward from the mainland.

50. Often Continental Of or relating to the mainland of Europe; European