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    MAINLAND

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The main land mass of a country or continent; as distinguished from an island or peninsulaplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("mainland" is a kind of...):

    dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Continent (the European mainland)

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